Commonwealth v. Ramsey

This is an appeal from an order denying appellant’s Post Conviction Hearing Act (PCHA) petition. Appellant contends that his PCHA counsel was ineffective in failing to call trial counsel as a witness and in failing to produce evidence to support the petition. Because the record is insufficient to determine the merits of these contentions, we must vacate the order of the lower court in part, and remand for an evidentiary hearing.

Appellant was convicted in a nonjury trial of conspiracy and five counts of robbery. On direct appeal, he alleged several instances of trial counsel’s incompetence. We…