Justice EAKIN, concurring. I reiterate that counsel’s performance, particularly regarding mitigating evidence, should be critiqued according to the law existing at the time of trial, not according to standards announced thereafter. See, e.g., Commonwealth v. Sattazahn, <a href="/opinion/1525843/commonwealth-v-sattazahn/" aria-description="Citation for case: C…
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