Hoyt v. Roberts

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• holding that the Brady claims raised by the appellant under the PCRA were waived for failure to have raised them at trial or on direct appeal
• concluding that the appellant’s Brady claim concerning an alleged deal between the prosecutor and two material witnesses was waived for failure to have raised it in an earlier proceeding
• concluding that if a petitioner cannot prove the underlying claim of trial counsel’s ineffectiveness, then petitioner’s derivative claim of subsequent counsel's ineffectiveness fails
• concluding that if a petitioner cannot prove the underlying claim of trial counsel’s ineffectiveness, then petitioner’s derivative claim of subsequent counsel’s ineffectiveness fails
• concluding that if a petitioner cannot prove the underlying claim of trial counsel’s ineffectiveness, then petitioner’s derivative claim of subsequent counsel’s ineffectiveness fails
• concluding that claims that could be raised on direct appeal but were not are waived

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