COM. v. CHARLESTON

No. 3276 EDA 2012

94 A.3d 1012 (2014)

2014 PA Super 116

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee v. Brandon Denzel CHARLESTON, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed June 6, 2014.

Reargument Denied August 7, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Burton A. Rose , Philadelphia, for appellant.

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

BEFORE: PANELLA, J., OLSON, J., and PLATT, J.


OPINION BY PLATT, J.:

Appellant, Brandon Denzel Charleston, appeals from the order dismissing his counseled first petition filed pursuant to the Post Conviction Relief Act (PCRA), 42 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 9541-9546, without a hearing, as without merit. Appellant claims ineffective assistance of trial counsel. We affirm.

On August 25, 2009, a jury convicted Appellant of murder of the first degree, 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 2502(a), and possessing an instrument of...

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