Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 10/1/1999

Commonwealth v. Lopez

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739 A.2d 485
559 Pa. 131
1999 Pa. LEXIS 2973

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holding that “absent any showing that [Lopez] was actually prejudiced by the trial court’s refusal to grant [Lopez’s] motion to sever, we find no abuse of discretion on the part of the trial court”
determining that trial court did not abuse its discretion in declining to order separate trials of co-defendants
suggesting that affidavits could provide “objective proof” that witnesses trial counsel failed to call “actually exist, or that they were ready, willing and able to testify on his behalf at his trial”
rejecting ineffectiveness claim for failure to call witnesses where the witnesses’ existence and willingness to testify on defendant’s behalf is based solely on defendant’s “unsubstantiated allegations”
unsubstantiated allegations concerning alleged witnesses are insufficient to show ineffective assistance of counsel for failure to call those witnesses
unsubstantiated allegations concerning alleged alibi witnesses are insufficient to show ineffective assistance of counsel for failure to call those witnesses

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

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