Commonwealth v. O'Bidos

How courts have described this case

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• noting that failure to satisfy any prong of the ineffectiveness test requires dismissal of the claim
• noting that a challenge to the calculation of prior record score implicates the discretionary aspects of sentencing
• holding trial counsel reasonably advised his client not to testify on the basis that the jury would not believe his testimony that he had a past relationship with the rape victim
• finding the appellant waived his discretionary aspects of sentencing claim by not including a Rule 2119(f) statement in his appellate brief
• noting “the one-year [PCRA] time clock will not begin to run until [an] appeal nunc pro tunc renders [a] judgment of sentence final.”
• finding “appellant’s waiver voluntary and informed and based on a reasonable strategy” where a colloquy with the court revealed that appellant had discussed the issue with his attorney

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