410 Pa. Super. 284 - Commonwealth v. Grier’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
28 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 396 Pa. Super. 92 - Commonwealth v. Thomas · 395 Pa. Super. 608 - Commonwealth v. Weinder · 334 Pa. Super. 203 - Commonwealth v. Britton · 388 Pa. Super. 469 - Commonwealth v. Dukeman · 398 Pa. Super. 94 - Commonwealth v. Wolfe
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“A claim for ineffectiveness may be raised in a PCRA petition if the ineffectiveness “so undermined the truth-determining process that no reliable adjudication of guilt or innocence could have taken place.” 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 9543(a)(2)(h). We have interpreted this to mean that an ineffectiveness claim brought under the PCRA must raise a question of whether an “innocent individual” has been convicted. See Commonwealth v. Perlman, 392 Pa.Super. 1, 5 , 572 A.2d 2, 4 (1990) (contention of ineffectiveness for failing to preserve insufficiency of evidence issue was cognizable because it raised issue of possible innocence). We have held that the language in the PCRA referring to ineffectiveness claims constitutes “a substantial restriction of the grounds for post-conviction collateral relief in Pennsylvania.” Commonwealth v. Thomas, 396 Pa.Super. 92, 98 , 578 A.2d 422, 425 (1990) (comparing PCRA provision to broader language in predecessor Post Conviction Hearing Act).”
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