Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 12/29/2009

Commonwealth v. Weiss

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986 A.2d 808
604 Pa. 573
2009 Pa. LEXIS 2787

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stressing relevance of testimony of witness being “completely unaffected” by disclosure of the impeachment evidence casting doubt on the reliability of other witnesses
rejecting Appellant's argument of perpetual representation through the expiration of a sentence, and instead requiring Appellant to demonstrate that the conflict adversely affected counsels’ performance
remanding for the PCRA court to apply the correct legal standard to the prejudice inquiry for a claim that the Commonwealth withheld exculpatory evidence
remanding where the PCRA court failed to address the \salient inquiry\
remanding where the PCRA court failed to address the “salient inquiry”
remanding the matter to the PCRA court to address the “salient inquiry” of whether appellant received a fair trial, which will “necessarily entail a review of all the evidence presented at trial”

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

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