Commonwealth v. Carbone

CIRILLO, President Judge Emeritus:

Appellant Patricia Ann Carbone appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Somerset County denying her request for relief under the Post Conviction Relief Act, (PCRA), 42 Pa.C.SA. § 9541, et seq. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

Patricia Carbone, age thirty-one, was charged with first-degree murder, third-degree murder, and voluntary manslaughter. She admitted stabbing the decedent, Jerome *1147Lint, but claimed self-defense.1 Carbone was tried before a jury and convicted of first-degree murder. She was sentenced to life imprisonment. On appeal,…