Commonwealth v. Whiting

HOFFMAN, Judge:

This is an appeal from the judgment of sentence for burglary and conspiracy. Appellant contends that (1) the trial court erred in denying his request for new counsel and (2) trial counsel was ineffective in failing to (a) object to the trial court’s questioning of appellant; (b) object to the trial court’s missing witness instruction; (c) object to the Commonwealth’s introduction of hearsay evidence; and (d) call a police detective to impeach Commonwealth witnesses through the use of prior inconsistent statements. For the reasons that follow, we remand to the trial court for an…