Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 6/16/2009

Commonwealth v. Reed

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971 A.2d 1216
601 Pa. 257
2009 Pa. LEXIS 1123

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holding that Superior Court’s prior holding of waiver and alternative holding on the merits was law of the case
holding that a claim of per se ineffective assistance of counsel, if established, presumes prejudice without requiring the petitioner to demonstrate actual prejudice
holding that a -5- J-S03024-22 claim of per se ineffective assistance of counsel, if established, presumes prejudice without requiring the petitioner to demonstrate actual prejudice
concluding that “the filing of an appellate brief, deficient in some aspect or another, does not constitute a complete failure to function as a client's advocate” to establish a claim of ineffectiveness per se
concluding that “the filing of an appellate brief, deficient in some aspect or another, does not constitute a complete failure to function as a client’s advocate” to establish a claim of ineffectiveness per se
holding that the “filing of an appellate brief, deficient in some aspect or another, does not constitute a complete failure to function as a client’s advocate so as to warrant a presumption of prejudice”

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Judges: Castille, Saylor, Eakin, Baer, Todd, McCaffery, Greenspan

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