Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 6/20/2006

Commonwealth v. Gorby

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909 A.2d 775
589 Pa. 364
2006 Pa. LEXIS 2572

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commenting on a defendant’s irrational behavior after his crimes as an indicator of possible mental-health involvement
finding appellate counsel ineffective for failing to raise ineffectiveness of trial counsel during penalty phase where trial counsel failed to obtain medical, educational, or social-history records, or consult mental-health professional
finding appellate counsel ineffective for failing to raise ineffectiveness of trial counsel during penalty phase where trial counsel failed to obtain medical, educational, or social-history records, or consult mental-health professional
rejecting the PCRA court’s analysis where it “was able facially to support a conclusion that counsel was effective on this record only by characterizing the case in fairly abstract terms”
rejecting the PCRA court's analysis where it \was able facially to support a conclusion that counsel was effective on this record only by characterizing the case in fairly abstract terms\

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

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