Commonwealth v. Fink

OPINION BY

BENDER, J:

George Harold Fink, Sr., appeals the trial court’s order denying his petition for collateral relief pursuant to the Post Conviction Relief Act (PCRA), 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 9541-9546. Fink contends that the court erred in denying his request for reinstatement of his direct appeal right and in addressing the merits of his claim of ineffective assistance of counsel (IAC) in accordance with the test enunciated in Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 104 S.Ct. 2052, 80 L.Ed.2d 674 (1984), and adopted in Commonwealth v. Pierce, 515 Pa. 158, 527 A.2d 973 (1987). Following careful…