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COMMONWEALTH v. ROSADO

No. 92 MAP 2015.

150 A.3d 425 (2016)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Frankie ROSADO, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

DECIDED: November 22, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elmer D. Christine Jr., Esq. , Michael T. Rakaczewski, Esq. , for Com. of Pennsylvania, Appellee.

Robert Allen Saurman, Esq. , for Frankie Rosado, Appellant.

SAYLOR, C.J., BAER, TODD, DONOHUE, DOUGHERTY, WECHT, MUNDY, JJ.

OPINION

JUSTICE TODD

In this appeal, we consider whether filing an appellate brief which abandons all preserved issues in favor of unpreserved ones constitutes ineffective assistance of counsel per se.1 After careful review, we hold that it does, and so we vacate the Superior Court's order and remand to that court for further proceedings.<...

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