Elizabeth Delosa

Elizabeth Delosa

December 03, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

Effectuating the Right to Effective Assistance of Post-Conviction Counsel

It has long been recognized that Pennsylvania post-conviction petitioners enjoy a right to effective assistance of post-conviction counsel. Unfortunately, however, Pennsylvania courts have struggled to establish a workable standard for petitioners to vindicate this right when post-conviction counsel is ineffective—that is, until now.

By Elizabeth DeLosa

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