Commonwealth v. Lester

POPOVICH, Judge:

In this factually unique appeal, Arthur Lester, appellant, alleges that the police promised him sexual rendezvous with his wife and lovers in exchange for his cooperation/confession in a murder investigation. (The record indicates that the police honored their promises.) Lester contends that his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to introduce evidence at the suppression hearing to demonstrate that his confession was involuntary since it was induced by the promises of sexual services made by the police. Lester further asserts that counsel’s stewardship was deficient in…