Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Aaron TYLER, Appellant
Court: Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1977-06-29
Citations: 248 Pa. Super. 31
Docket Number: Appeal No. 656
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Aaron TYLER, Appellant.
Judges: Before WATKINS, President Judge, and JACOBS, HOFFMAN, CERCONE, PRICE, VAN der VOORT and SPAETH, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania Superior Court Reports
Volume: 248
Pages: 31–32

Head Matter:
374 A.2d 694
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Aaron TYLER, Appellant.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania.
Submitted Nov. 8, 1976.
Decided June 29, 1977.
John J. Dean and John R. Cook, Pittsburgh, for appellant.
Robert L. Eberhardt, Assistant District Attorney, and Robert E. Colville, District Attorney, Pittsburgh, for appellee.
Before WATKINS, President Judge, and JACOBS, HOFFMAN, CERCONE, PRICE, VAN der VOORT and SPAETH, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
The judgment of sentence is vacated and the case remanded to the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County for an evidentiary hearing to determine whether appellant, Aaron Tyler, was denied the effective assistance of counsel. The inquiry of the hearing court is to be limited solely to the assignments of error contained in appellant's pro se supplementary brief. If, following the hearing, it is determined that appellant was denied the effective assistance of counsel, a new trial shall be granted. If it is determined that appellant was not denied the effective assistance of counsel, the judgment of sentence shall be reinstated. Commonwealth v. Twiggs, 460 Pa. 105, 331 A.2d 440 (1975).