FAILED TO CALL DEFENSE WITNESSES

Trial counsel was ineffective for failing to call defense witness's to rebut or corroborate defendants or commonwealth witness testimony, though they were present, and prepared to testify.

I was sequestered as a possible witness for the district attorney. They did not call me to the witness stand, and I asked defense attorney Rob Donatoni to call me as a witness but he refused stating "what mother wouldn't lie for her son."

Well I wouldn't. I testified before the grand jury and my testimony was good enough for them and it should have been up to the jury to decide whether or not I was lying.

There were several individuals including myself that testified before the Grand Jury, none of us testified at the trial. Defense Attorney Robert Donatoni called no one, This could not have been the result of any rational or strategic tactical decision, he was completely ineffective for failing to call defense witnesses.