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· 7/1/1996

Constitutionality of Statute Governing Appointment of United States Trade Representative

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  • reiterating that “the purpose of Rule 564 is to ensure that a (Footnote Continued Next Page
  • explaining “claims implicating the discretionary aspects of sentencing raised in the context of an ineffectiveness claim are cognizable under the PCRA”
  • “Unlike the discretionary aspects of sentencing, a challenge to the legality of sentence is not subject to waiver and may be raised at any time.”
  • appellant waived claim where only cited single case and relied on suppositions and bald facts
  • defendant showed prejudice sufficient to prove ineffective assistance of counsel where consecutive sentences that counsel had failed to challenge resulted in an excessive sentence
  • “claims implicating the discretionary aspects of sentencing raised in the context of an ineffectiveness claim are cognizable under the PCRA.”

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