Commonwealth v. Elliott

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Decided 2013-11-21

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Justice SAYLOR, concurring. I join the majority opinion, except for its treatment of Issue I. I agree with the majority that this claim (deriving from trial counsel’s obviously poor performance in failing to meet with Appellant about his capital prosecution prior to the eve of trial) is waived. Although I believe this type of challenge would have implicated relaxed waiver, recourse to such doctrine is no lo…

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