Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 3/1/1999

Commonwealth v. Laird

Citations

726 A.2d 346
555 Pa. 629
1999 Pa. LEXIS 525

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holding that petitioner’s claim of jury and prosecutorial misconduct “has been finally litigated and petitioner cannot obtain post-conviction relief on this basis”
concluding that the penalty phase prosecutorial argument issue had been finally litigated on direct appeal
concluding that the PCRA Court erred in reasoning that none of Laird’s penalty-phase claims were cognizable but nevertheless holding that his mitigation-related ineffective-assistance claim lacked merit
noting that PCRA in effect at time of filing of petition governs claims for relief
stating that counsel cannot be deemed ineffective for declining to present a meritless claim
refusing to grant new trial where allegations of juror misconduct occurred eight years after verdict

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Judges: Flaherty, Zappala, Cappy, Castille, Nigro, Newman, Saylor

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