Commonwealth v. Lawrence

OPINION BY

STEVENS, P.J.E.:

Dante Lawrence (“Appellant”) appeals from the order entered in the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County dismissing his first petition filed pursuant to the Post Conviction Relief Act (“PCRA”), 42 Pa.C.S. § 9541-9546. Upon careful review of Appellant’s seven ineffective assistance of counsel claims, we affirm.

In our memorandum decision disposing of Appellant’s direct appeal,1 we summarized the pertinent history of the case as follows:

On the evening of January 5, 2010, Lawrence and his girlfriend, Shanita Johnson (“Johnson”), were sitting in the living room of…