Commonwealth v. Hartey

HOFFMAN, Judge:

This is an appeal from a judgment of sentence for first degree murder, 1 criminal conspiracy, 2 and possession of an instrument of crime. 3 Appellant, Patrick Hartey, raises six issues on appeal.

I. [Whether] trial counsel was ineffective for failing to preserve his objections to the improper bolstering of the Barth preliminary hearing testimony in his written post trial motions, and was also ineffective for failing to object to the improper bolstering in her opening address?

II. [Whether] trial counsel was ineffective for failing to object to the court’s exclusion of defense…