Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 5/27/2014

Commonwealth v. Baumhammers

Citations

92 A.3d 708
625 Pa. 354
2014 WL 2208082
2014 Pa. LEXIS 1338

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holding that “since the present claim was not raised in [a]ppellant’s PCRA petition, and no request was made to amend the petition to include it, it is waived”
providing that leave to amend must be sought and obtained before the new claim can become part of the proceedings
explaining that the arguable-merit and prejudice prongs overlap in the context of an argument that counsel was ineffective for failing to call a witness
explaining that the arguable-merit and prejudice prongs overlap in the context of an argument that counsel was ineffective for failing to call a witness
concluding issue waived where it was “not raised in Appellant’s PCRA petition, and no request was made to amend the petition to include it[.]”
providing that leave to amend must be sought and obtained before the new claim can become part of the proceedings

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Judges: Baer, Castille, Eakin, McCaffery, Saylor, Stevens, Todd

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