Court Opinion

ID: 9754534
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-28 20:03:19.274735+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:27:54.436639
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HUTCHINSON, Justice,
concurring.
I join the majority opinion. I would add, however, that both Commonwealth ex rel. Washington v. Maroney, 427 Pa. 599, 235 A.2d 349 (1967) and Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 104 S.Ct. 2052, 80 L.Ed.2d 674 (1984), require a showing of prejudice to the criminal defendant to support a finding that counsel was ineffective. Such prejudice is plainly shown on this record.