Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 11/20/2003

Commonwealth v. Fears

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836 A.2d 52
575 Pa. 281
2003 Pa. LEXIS 2177

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holding that “a judge, as fact finder, is presumed to disregard inadmissible evidence and consider only competent evidence” (citation omitted)
holding that “a judge, as fact finder, is presumed to disregard inadmissible evidence and consider only competent evidence” (citation omitted)
finding that an ineffectiveness claim had arguable merit where trial counsel failed to investigate potential psychiatric evidence
explaining that “reasonableness in this context [of a penalty-phase investigation] depends, in critical part, upon the information supplied by the defendant” (citation omitted)
holding “a judge, as fact finder, is presumed to disregard inadmissible evidence and consider only competent evidence” (citation omitted)
applying Zettlemoyer’s mandate where appellant pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and was sentenced to death

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