Commonwealth v. Colavita

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• holding that claim of ineffective assistance of counsel based on substantive due process could not be raised sua sponte by the Superior Court
• holding that, generally, “[w]here the parties fail to preserve an issue for appeal, the Superior Court may not address that issue sua sponte”
• holding that, generally, “[w]here the parties fail to preserve an issue for appeal, the Superior Court may not address that issue sua sponte”
• stating that “[w]here the parties fail to preserve an issue for appeal, the Superior Court 8 We acknowledge that (1
• holding the Superior Court erred in finding counsel’s trial strategy per se unreasonable based on the record alone
• explaining that a Strickland ineffectiveness finding cannot be premised on hindsight evaluation

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