Commonwealth v. Easton

CIRILLO, Judge:

I must dissent from the majority’s disposition of this appeal, because I find it to be in contravention of the law on remands of PCHA petitions.

In Commonwealth v. Clemmons, 505 Pa. 356, 479 A.2d 955 (1984), our Supreme Court recently said that “where it is clear that allegations of ineffectiveness of counsel are baseless or meritless then an evidentiary hearing is unnecessary and the unfounded allegations should be rejected and dismissed.” Id., 505 Pa. at 361, 479 A.2d at 957. The record in this case demonstrates that appellant’s claims of ineffectiveness of his first appellate…