Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2/6/2008

Commonwealth v. Jones

Citations

942 A.2d 903
2008 Pa. Super. 16
2008 Pa. Super. LEXIS 73

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holding that a hearing is not necessary where the PCRA court can discern from the record “that there are no genuine issues of material fact.”
holding that petitioner was not entitled to an evidentiary hearing when he failed to meet his burden in proving his trial counsel was ineffective
stating that no hearing is necessary if it can be determined without a hearing that any one of the three prongs of the ineffectiveness test cannot be met
stating that no hearing is necessary if it can be determined without a hearing that any one of the three prongs of the ineffectiveness test cannot be met
explaining that “[t]here is no absolute right to an evidentiary hearing on a PCRA petition, and if the PCRA court can determine from the record that no genuine issues of material fact exist, then a hearing is not necessary.”
rejecting claim of ineffectiveness for failure to preserve challenge to discretionary aspects of sentencing where there was no merit to the claim

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Judges: Elliott, Musmanno, Panella

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