Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 11/9/1994

Commonwealth v. Birdsong

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650 A.2d 26
538 Pa. 587
1994 Pa. LEXIS 612

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stating that to establish ineffective assistance of counsel, the appellant must -8- J-S16039-20 demonstrate, not just allege, that counsel had no reasonable basis for his or her conduct
no error in denying continuance at penalty hearing since appellant failed to present any evidence as to nature of psychiatrist’s testimony
no error in denying continuance at penalty hearing since appellant failed to present any evidence as to nature of psychiatrist's testimony
counsel’s decision to disclose defendant’s prior bad acts in order to show motive for the Commonwealth’s witness to lie held a reasonable trial tactic
trial counsel’s disclosure of defendant’s prior bad acts was a reasonable trial strategy designed to show why Commonwealth witnesses would lie

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Judges: Nix, C.J. and Flaherty, McDermott, Zappala, Papadakos and Cappy

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