Commonwealth v. Perlman

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• observing that where waiver occurs on direct appeal, the issue is still cognizable under the PCRA if the issue is raised in the context of an ineffective assistance of counsel claim
• finding a claim held waived on direct appeal was not a disposition on the merits of the claim
• contention of ineffectiveness for failing to preserve insufficiency of evidence issue was cognizable because it raised issue of possible innocence
• issue concerning the sufficiency of the evidence necessarily implicates the truth-determining process

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