Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 6/2/1993

Commonwealth v. Clark

Citations

626 A.2d 154
533 Pa. 579
1993 Pa. LEXIS 130

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holding that jury would reasonably assume that a prosecutor’s open-ended question to defendant regarding statements to police embraced the defendant’s post-arrest silence
recognizing that “an impermissible reference to the accused’s post-arrest silence is innately prejudicial.”
explaining that defendant asserting ineffectiveness based upon trial strategy must demonstrate that “alternatives not chosen offered a potential for success substantially greater than the tactics utilized”
explaining that defendant asserting ineffectiveness based upon trial strategy must demonstrate that “alternatives not chosen offered a potential for success substantially greater than the tactics utilized”
explaining that a defendant asserting ineffectiveness based upon trial strategy must demonstrate that the “alternatives not chosen offered a potential for success substantially greater than the tactics utilized”
explaining that a defendant asserting ineffectiveness based upon trial strategy must demonstrate that the “alternatives not chosen offered a potential for success substantially greater than the tactics utilized”

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Judges: Cappy, Flaherty, Larsen, McDERMOTT, Nix, Papadakos, Zappala

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