Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 12/19/2002

Commonwealth v. Busanet

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817 A.2d 1060
572 Pa. 535
2002 Pa. LEXIS 2761

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ruling that \failure to satisfy any prong of the test for. ineffectiveness will require rejection of the claim\
acknowledging that presentation of a defendant's troubled childhood is not always productive as it may be viewed as an attempt to trivialize the murder
rejecting for lack of prejudice the claim that trial counsel was ineffective for introducing Appellant’s previous conviction for the assault he committed on Riker’s Island
applying the same standal'd in rebutt.ing the traditional p1'6SlUnption of cQunsels' effectiveness
counsel cannot be deemed ineffective for failing to raise meritless challenge to jury instructions
counsel cannot be deemed ineffective for failing to raise meritless challenge to jury instructions

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Judges: Cappy, Castille, Flaherty, Former, Newman, Nigro, Saylor, Zappala

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