Commonwealth v. Witherspoon

OPINION

NIX, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County which denied appellant relief *323under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act.1 In view of our disposition of the case we need only consider appellant’s claim that his two trial attorneys failed to provide effective assistance at trial, specifically in allowing, without objection, repeated references to statements of a co-defendant implicating appellant. For reasons which follow, we agree with appellant that trial counsel was ineffective and that appellant is entitled to the award of a new trial.

Appel…