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COM. v. BOOKARD

No. 1557 EDA 2007.

978 A.2d 1006 (2009)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee v. Lamont BOOKARD, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed July 29, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter A. Levin, Philadelphia, for appellant.

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

BEFORE: FORD ELLIOTT, P.J., STEVENS, ORIE MELVIN, LALLY-GREEN, KLEIN, BOWES, PANELLA, DONOHUE and SHOGAN, JJ.

OPINION BY KLEIN, J.:

¶ 1 Lamont Bookard appeals from an order denying his request for post-conviction relief on the ground that his trial counsel, attorney Susan Burt-Collins, was ineffective for failing to ask for a charge on alibi. We find that counsel articulated a reasonable strategic basis for failing to request such a charge; she had an alternate theory of defense and did not want to cloud the issue by focusing on an alibi defense. Since it was questionable...

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