Commonwealth v. Luster
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY
ALLEN, J.:
Aaron Thomas Luster (“Appellant”) appeals from the trial court’s order denying his petition for relief under the Post Conviction Relief Act (“PCRA”), 42 Pa.C.S. § 9541 et seq. Claiming ineffective assistance of counsel, Appellant seeks relief from an aggregate sentence of 14 to 28 years’ imprisonment, which was imposed following his conviction by a jury of third degree murder and murder of an unborn child.1 We affirm.
We glean the following facts and procedural history from the record. ' On January 28, 2003, at approximately 2:30 a.m., the corpse of Christine Karcher,…
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