Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Charles E. BROWN, Appellant
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1983-02-04
Citations: 500 Pa. 318
Docket Number: Appeal No. 80-3-587
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Charles E. BROWN, Appellant.
Judges: Before ROBERTS, C.J., and NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, HUTCHINSON and ZAPPALA, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 500
Pages: 318–319

Head Matter:
456 A.2d 148
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Charles E. BROWN, Appellant.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Argued Jan. 28, 1983.
Decided Feb. 4, 1983.
Marlene S. Cooperman, Philadelphia (court-appointed), for appellant.
Robert B. Lawler, Chief, Appeals Div., Sarah B. Vandenbraak, Asst. Dist. Attys., for appellee.
Before ROBERTS, C.J., and NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, HUTCHINSON and ZAPPALA, JJ.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
Judgments of sentence vacated and record remanded to Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia for an evidentiary hearing on the question of whether trial counsel provided appellant with effective assistance. If on remand the court determines that counsel did not provide effective assistance, it shall grant appellant a new trial. If the court determines that counsel was effective, it shall reinstate the judgments of sentence. Either party may appeal to this Court from an adverse determination.
LARSEN, McDERMOTT and ZAPPALA, JJ., would affirm the judgments of sentence.