holding counsel had reasonable strategic basis for advising appellant not to testify where trial counsel testified that appellant's testimony would have added nothing to defense and only created "swearing contest" between appellant and Commonwealth's witnesses
Summary of this case from Commonwealth v. Taylor1992
holding counsel had reasonable strategic basis for advising appellant not to testify where trial counsel testified that appellant's testimony would have added nothing to defense and only created "swearing contest" between appellant and Commonwealth's witnesses
Summary of this case from Commonwealth v. TaylorFull title:PETITION FOR ALLOWANCE OF APPEAL
Court:Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Date published: Jan 1, 1992
Id. (quoting Commonwealth v. Preston , 613 A.2d 603, 605 (Pa.Super. 1992), appeal denied , 533 Pa. 658, 625…
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