rejecting argument based on statistics because “Appellant has failed to provide any link between the findings of this statistical abstract and his particular case”
How later courts described this case
- rejecting argument based on statistics because “Appellant has failed to provide any link between the findings of this statistical abstract and his particular case”
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- rejecting an appellant's Batson claim based on the McMahon videotape because the claim had no grounding in the particular facts of the appellant's case
- reviewing merits of claim with "boilerplate” allegations of ineffective assistance
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The opinion
Justice SAYLOR,
dissenting.
I find the allegations and affidavits of the amended petition sufficient to implicate an evidentiary hearing pursuant to Commonwealth v. Williams, 557 Pa. 207 , 732 A.2d 1167 (1999). Since no such post-conviction hearing was afforded, I respectfully dissent.
Justice NEWMAN joins this dissenting opinion.