Case Name: Commonwealth v. Byrd, Appellant
Court: Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1978-07-12
Citations: 258 Pa. Super. 590
Docket Number: Appeal, No. 520
Parties: Commonwealth v. Byrd, Appellant.
Judges: WATKINS, former P. J., did not participate in the consideration or decision of this case.
Reporter: Pennsylvania Superior Court Reports
Volume: 258
Pages: 590–591

Head Matter:
391 A.2d 677
Commonwealth v. Byrd, Appellant.
Submitted September 12, 1977.
Kenneth Mirsky, Assistant Defender, and Benjamin Lemer, Defender, for appellant; Charles A. Klein, Assistant District Attorney, and F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Opinion:
Judgment of sentence affirmed.
HOFFMAN, J.,
would remand for an evidentiary hearing on counsel's alleged ineffectiveness pursuant to Commonwealth v. Twiggs, 460 Pa. 105, 331 A.2d 440 (1975). See also, Commonwealth v. Aaron, 255 Pa.Super. 289, 386 A.2d 1006 (1978) (Dissenting Opinion by HOFFMAN, J.).
WATKINS, former P. J., did not participate in the consideration or decision of this case.