Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 3/20/2008

Commonwealth v. Gwynn

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943 A.2d 940
596 Pa. 398
2008 Pa. LEXIS 259

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recognizing that Sixth Amendment right to counsel attaches at the initiation of adversary judicial proceedings which is generally at the arraignment
recognizing that Sixth Amendment right to counsel attaches at the initiation of adversary judicial proceedings which is generally at the arraignment
holding that a petitioner cannot establish counsel was ineffective for failing to perform an act that counsel actually performed
concluding that the petitioner’s “claim that appellate counsel was ineffective for failing to raise trial counsel’s ineffectiveness on direct appeal is meritless since it was, in fact, raised”
concluding that the defendant’s “claim that appellate counsel was ineffective for failing to raise trial counsel’s ineffectiveness on direct appeal is meritless since it was, in fact, raised”
concluding that the defendant’s “claim that appellate counsel was ineffective for failing to raise trial counsel’s ineffectiveness on direct appeal is meritless since it was, in fact, raised”

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Judges: Baer, Castille, Eakin, McCAFFERY, Saylor, Todd

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