Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 3/29/2006

Commonwealth v. Hawkins

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894 A.2d 716
586 Pa. 366
2006 Pa. LEXIS 356

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noting that this Court’s ruling in Roseboro “approaches a rule of per se prejudice under the circumstances” but “did not rule out that a reasonable basis for declining the instruction might occur”
rejecting the PCRA petitioner’s challenge to his trial counsel’s effectiveness in failing to request a jury instruction
where trial counsel articulated reasonable and sound basis for deliberately declining to seek alibi instruction, Court found trial counsel was not constitutionally ineffective
where trial counsel articulated reasonable and sound basis for deliberately declining to seek alibi instruction, Court found trial counsel was not constitutionally ineffective
trial counsel reasonable in not seeking alibi instruction, so as not to draw attention to the weakness of the defendant's alibi evidence

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Judges: Cappy, C.J., Castille, Newman, Saylor, Eakin, Baer and Baldwin

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