COM. v. PITTS


884 A.2d 251 (2005)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee v. Darryl PITTS, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed August 25, 2005.

Reargument Denied November 3, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sondra R. Rodrigues, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Hugh J. Burns, Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Philadelphia, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before: FORD ELLIOTT, KELLY, and JOHNSON, JJ.


OPINION BY JOHNSON, J.:

¶ 1 Darryl Pitts appeals the order denying his petition for collateral relief from the judgment of sentence pursuant to the Post Conviction Relief Act, 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 9541-9546 (PCRA). Pitts asserts that the court erred in denying his petition without a hearing because two claims of ineffective assistance of counsel (IAC) raised in his petition merited further examination. Both claims arise from the purported ineffectiveness of...

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