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Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 12/18/2002

Commonwealth v. Marshall

Citations

  • 812 A.2d 539
  • 571 Pa. 289
  • 2002 Pa. LEXIS 2729

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that a claim that counsel was ineffective for failing to seek suppression “constitutes a veiled attempt to reliti-gate the same suppression issue that he previously raised on his direct appeal”
  • [stating that a] significant factor in finding [that] appellant did not establish [that] prior counsel had no reasonable basis for inaction was appellant’s failure to provide [an] affidavit, or explanation as to why he was unable to procure [an] affidavit
  • declining to review merits of claims with \boilerplate\ allegations of ineffective assistance
  • [stating that a] significant factor in finding - 18 - J-S40007-20 [that] appellant did not establish [that] prior counsel had no reasonable basis for inaction was appellant’s failure to provide [an] affidavit, or explanation as to why he was unable to procure [an] affidavit
  • counsel was not ineffective for failing to pursue a diminished capacity defense where the defendant insisted that he did not commit the murders and was not guilty
  • counsel was not ineffective for failing to pursue a diminished capacity defense where the defendant insisted that he did not commit the murders and was not guilty

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

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