Commonwealth v. Mizell

OPINION OF THE COURT

FLAHERTY, Justice.

Appellant, James Mizell, was convicted of murder of the first degree in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County. On direct appeal, we vacated the judgment of sentence and remanded the case to the trial court for an evidentiary hearing on whether trial counsel had a reasonable basis for not raising an insanity defense. 1 The instant appeal arose following reimposition of sentence in the court below, pursuant to that court’s determination that counsel’s action had a reasonable basis. The sole issue on appeal is whether counsel was ineffective for…