Commonwealth v. Tharp

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Decided 2014-09-24

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Justice SAYLOR, concurring. I join the majority opinion, save for its perpetuation of the notion that, in any capital case in which one or more sentencing jurors find the catch-all mitigator present, counsel cannot be deemed ineffective for failing to present additional catch-all mitigating evidence. See Majority Opinion at 772-73 (citing Commonwealth v. Rios, <span class="citation" data-id…

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