Court Opinion

ID: 9752838
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-28 18:37:00.925828+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:27:23.045942
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CIRILLO, Judge,
dissenting:
I respectfully dissent.
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in Commonwealth v. Badger, 482 Pa. 240, 244, 393 A.2d 642, 644 (1978) has formulated the test for determining effectiveness of counsel. The court stated that:
"... a finding of ineffectiveness [can] never be made unless [it can be] concluded that the alternatives not chosen offered a potential for success substantially greater than the tactics actually utilized.” Commonwealth ex rel. Washington v. Maroney, supra, 427 Pa. at 605, n. 8, 235 A.2d 353, n. 8 ... the alternatives must be examined *359only as a means of determining whether the course chosen had some reasonable basis.
Appellant has not shown that counsel’s strategy was devoid of reason. Thus, further evidentiary proceedings are not mandated.