Commonwealth v. Rosado, F., Aplt

OPINION

JUSTICE TODD

In this appeal, we consider whether filing an appellate brief which abandons all preserved issues in favor of unpreserved ones constitutes ineffective assistance of counsel per se.1 After careful review, we hold that it does, and so we vacate the Superior Court’s order and remand to that court for further proceedings.

The factual and procedural history of this matter is straightforward. In 2012, Appellant Frankie Rosado was accused of sexually abusing his former girlfriend’s teenage daughter, whereupon he was charged with one count each of indecent assault, corruption of…