Commonwealth v. Clark

OPINION

NIX, Chief Justice.

Appellant, Kenneth Clark, seeks a new trial on the grounds that trial counsel was ineffective for failing to object to the prosecutor’s alleged reference to Appellant’s post-arrest silence. The Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County found trial counsel not to be ineffective. The Superior Court affirmed 395 Pa.Super. 650, 570 A.2d 586. We are now called upon to review the Superior Court’s Order.

The issue before this Court is whether trial counsel was ineffective for failing to object to the prosecutor’s impermissible use of Appellant’s post-arrest silence. Since…