COM. v. REED

No. 14 EAP 2008.

971 A.2d 1216 (2009)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant v. Adam REED, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided June 16, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh J. Burns, Jr., Esq., Debra A. Breneman, Esq. Philadelphia District Attorney's Office, for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Mitchell S. Strutin, Esq., Strutin & Smarro, Philadelphia, for Adam Reed.

BEFORE: CASTILLE, C.J., and SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, TODD, McCAFFERY and GREENSPAN, JJ.


OPINION

Justice TODD.

In this appeal, we consider whether the filing of a deficient appellate brief constitutes a complete denial of counsel so as to warrant a presumption of prejudice in the context of an ineffective assistance of counsel claim. In the instant case, the Superior Court reversed the PCRA court's denial of Appellee Adam Reed's petition for relief under the Post Conviction Relief Act ("PCRA")1 on the basis...

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