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Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1/26/1998

Commonwealth v. Uderra

Citations

  • 706 A.2d 334
  • 550 Pa. 389
  • 1998 Pa. LEXIS 66

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  • holding that trial counsel was not ineffective for not introducing in mitigation evidence regarding defendants psychological problems because defendant failed to disclose them prior to trial
  • holding that “[appellant's own failure to cooperate with counsel in order to apprise him of allegedly relevant information cannot now provide a basis for ineffectiveness claims.”
  • holding that trial counsel was not ineffective for declining to present mitigation evidence regarding appellant’s psychological problems and drug use when appellant failed to disclose any information about those problems prior to trial
  • holding that trial counsel was not ineffective for declining to present mitigation evidence regarding appellant's psychological problems and drug use when appellant failed to disclose any information about those problems prior to trial
  • concluding that trial counsel's failure to present evidence of Appellant's psychological problems in mitigation could not establish a predicate for an ineffectiveness claim where \Appellant never revealed any such problems to [counsel]\
  • holding that trial counsel was not ineffective for declining to present mitigation evidence regarding appellant's psychological problems and drug use when appellant failed to disclose any information about those problems prior to trial

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Judges: Flaherty, Zappala, Gappy, Castille, Nigro, Newman

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