Com. v. Singh

• Decision Date: 18 January 1989
• Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Girlie SINGH, Petitioner.
• Court: Pennsylvania Supreme Court

Page 1036

552 A.2d 1036

520 Pa. 96

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Girlie SINGH, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Jan. 18, 1989.

Appeal No. 508 E.D. Allocatur Docket 1988 from Order of Superior Court entered Feb. 26, 1988, at No. 517 Philadelphia 1987, 372 Pa.Super. 512, 539 A.2d 1314 (1988), Affirming Order of Court of Common Pleas, Criminal Division, Delaware County, No. 1255 of 1985.

ORDER

PER CURIAM.

Petition for Allowance of Appeal is granted, limited to the issue whether trial counsel was ineffective for failing to request a jury instruction that prior acts of violence by the victim could be considered in support of the self-defense claim that deadly force was reasonable.