Commonwealth v. Prisk

¶ 1 Gary E. Prisk appeals from the trial court’s order denying his petition for post conviction relief pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 9541 et seq. Because we agree with Appellant that his trial counsel was ineffective, we reverse and remand for a new trial.

¶ 2 Appellant was arrested in the state of Idaho in August 1994, was returned to Pennsylvania, and was charged with several counts of burglary and other theft-related offenses. These crimes allegedly occurred during three separate incidents in Centre County between February 1993 and August 1994. Appellant was thereafter tried on unrelated…