Commonwealth v. Charleston

OPINION BY PLATT, J.:

Appellant, Brandon Denzel Charleston, appeals from the order dismissing his counseled first petition filed pursuant to the Post Conviction Relief Act (PCRA), 42 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 9541-9546, without a hearing, as without merit. Appellant claims ineffective assistance of trial counsel. We affirm.

On August 25, 2009, a jury convicted Appellant of murder of the first degree, 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 2502(a), and possessing an instrument of crime with intent to employ it criminally (PIC), 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 907(a). Appellant’s conviction arose out of his fatal shooting of William Stanton, a…