COMMONWEALTH v. BRADLEY

No. 37 EAP 2020.

261 A.3d 381 (2021)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee v. Aaron BRADLEY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided: October 20, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Wiseman, Esq. , Wiseman & Schwartz, LLP, Philadelphia, for Appellant.

Peter E. Kratsa, Esq. , West Chester, for Appellant Amicus Curiae Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

Aaron Joshua Marcus, Esq. , Leonard Sosnov, Esq. , Harrisburg, for Appellant Defender Association of Philadelphia, Amici Curiae.

Chelsea Marie Nichols, Esq. , Hangley, Aronchick, Segal, Pudlin & Schiller, Philadelphia, Nilam Ajit Sanghvi, Esq. , John S. Summers, Esq. , Philadelphia, for Appellant The Pennsylvania Innocence Project, Amici Curiae.

Lawrence Jonathan Goode, Esq. , Philadelphia, Joanna Rebecca Hess Kunz, Esq. , Philadelphia District Attorney's Office, for Appellee.

Ronald Eisenberg, Esq. , Philadelphia, Michelle Ann Henry, Esq. , Harrisburg, Jennifer Creed Selber, Esq. , Pittsburgh, Joshua D. Shapiro, Esq. , Harrisburg, for Appellee Office of Attorney General, Amici Curiae.

Catherine Banner Kiefer, Esq. , Philadelphia, Michael F. J. Piecuch, Esq. , Snyder County District Attorney's Office, for Appellee Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association, Amici Curiae.

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


OPINION

In this appeal by allowance, we consider the procedure for enforcing the right to effective counsel in a Post Conviction Relief Act1 ("PCRA") proceeding. All parties before us acknowledge that the current approach is inadequate, and that revisions are in order,...

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