Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 12/22/2004

Commonwealth v. Cox

Citations

863 A.2d 536
581 Pa. 107
2004 Pa. LEXIS 3188

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holding that jury instructions must be read as a whole to support a claim of error, not in separate portions
holding trial counsel cannot be deemed ineffective for failing to object to a proper jury instruction
declining to consider post-trial changes in law governing jury instructions in death penalty case
rejecting the petitioner’s claim that counsel was ineffective for failing to object to an erroneous reasonable doubt instruction where the petitioner failed to establish “a reasonable probability that, but for counsel’s alleged error, his verdict would have been different”
unpreserved Mills claim is waived and cannot be basis for relief under PCRA where alleged improper instruction was' given prior to Mills and judgment of sentence was not final until after Mills
unpreserved Mills claim is waived and cannot be basis for relief under PCRA where alleged improper instruction was given prior to Mills and judgment of sentence was not final until after Mills

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Judges: Cappy, Castille, Nigro, Newman, Saylor, Eakin, Baer

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