Commonwealth v. Lauro

How courts have described this case

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• stating that issues not raised in either a PCRA petition or in an authorized amended petition are waived on appeal
• stating that if a reasonable basis exists for counsel’s actions, then the inquiry ends and counsel’s performance is deemed constitutionally effective
• noting that we may affirm a lower court’s decision on any basis
• waiving five issues not in the original or amended PCRA petition
• waiving five issues not in the original or amended PCRA petition
• claim must be raised in PCRA court in order to be preserved for appeal

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).