Commonwealth v. Faurelus

OPINION BY

STEVENS, P.J.E.:

Appellant Josué Faurelus appeals from the order of the Honorable David W. Lu-pas of the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne County denying Appellant’s petition pursuant to the. Post Conviction Relief Act, 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 9541-9546. Petitioner raises several claims of ineffectiveness of counsel. After careful review, we affirm.

Appellant was charged with criminal homicide (18 Pa.C.S. § 2501) and possession of a firearm prohibited (18 Pa.C.S. § 6105(a)(1)) in connection with October 20, 2008 shooting death of Christly Aris-tide (“the victim”). On that day, Jose Cruz agreed…