Commonwealth v. Magwood

HOFFMAN, Judge:

This appeal is from the judgment of sentence for carrying a firearm without a license, 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 6106. Appellant contends that prior counsel was ineffective for failing to request appropriate jury instructions and raise the proper objection to the court’s erroneous jury instructions. For the reasons that follow, we find that appellant’s claim is meritless and, accordingly, affirm the judgment of sentence.

The determination whether counsel rendered ineffective assistance is arrived at through a two-prong test. First, we must ascertain whether the issue underlying the claim…