Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 6/15/2016

Commonwealth v. Roane

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142 A.3d 79
2016 Pa. Super. 124
2016 Pa. Super. LEXIS 325
2016 WL 3343488

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explaining that the failure to satisfy any prong of the ineffectiveness test defeats an ineffectiveness claim
stating that an appellant’s failure to satisfy any prong of the ineffectiveness test requires rejection of the claim
indicating Appellant asked trial counsel to present alibi evidence at trial
\The fact that a petitioner presents a new argument or advances a new theory in support of a previously litigated issue will not circumvent the previous litigation bar.\
“A PCRA court’s credibility findings are to be accorded great deference[.]”
where the appellant’s principal brief was 122 pages in length, stating that the Court would consider the issues on their merits because counsel had filed a petition requesting permission to exceed the brief’s maximum word count and page limit

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Judges: Bender, Elliott, Musmanno

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