Post-Conviction Relief • Ineffective Assistance of Counsel • Challenging Witness Competency of Minor Victim • Vetting of Expert Witness

Commonwealth v. Smith, PICS Case No. 17-1253 (Pa. Super. July 24, 2017) Dubow, J. (19 pages).

Ineffective assistance of counsel claim for failure to challenge competency of minor victim witness failed where defendant could not demonstrate prejudice since there was no allegation that victim was incompetent nor could defendant prove that trial court would have sustained objection to competency. Order of the PCRA court affirmed.

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