Commonwealth v. Brown

OPINION OF THE COURT

This appeal is from the judgment of sentence of life imprisonment imposed upon Allen Jerome Brown in Erie County following his conviction by a jury of murder of the first degree.

In this appeal Brown is represented by new counsel, that is, counsel who did not represent him at trial. One of the principal assignments of error maintains Brown was denied a fair trial because of the ineffectiveness of his counsel.* This issue was not presented to or considered by the trial court, and on the record presented we find it impossible to intelligently evaluate the merits of this…