Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Boyd
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 23, 1997No. 63 W.D. Appeal Docket 1995PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
NIGRO, Justice.
J.B. Boyd appeals the denial of his claims under the Post Conviction Relief Act, 42 Pa. Cons.Stat. §§ 9541-9546 (“PCRA”). Boyd asserts that his trial counsel was ineffective for advising him to reject the prosecution’s plea offer and for advising him not to testify at trial. We find that the Superior Court erred in holding that Boyd’s claim that his counsel improperly advised him to reject the plea offer is not cognizable under the PCRA. However, we affirm the lower court’s decision that Boyd is not entitled to a new trial.
J.B. Boyd was socializing with his former…
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