Commonwealth v. Hannibal, S., Aplt.

I agree with Appellant’s position that errors and attorney derelictions occurred in connection with the admission of evidence, at his trial, of a triple murder for which Appellant was never charged or tried. Although the majority finds the relevant claim to have been previously litigated, see Majority Opinion at 374-75, 156 A.3d at 219-20, it is significant, from my point of view, that this Court has never addressed the main contention that Appellant sought to raise on direct appeal.1

At the direct appeal stage, Appellant presented a substantially developed argument that his trial counsel was…