Commonwealth v. Halley

¶ 1 This is an appeal from an order denying Appellant’s petition for post-conviction relief filed pursuant to the Post Conviction Relief Act (“PCRA”). Appellant and his co-defendant were convicted, at a joint bench trial, of first-degree murder, aggravated assault, possessing an instrument of crime and criminal conspiracy. Their convictions stemmed from an incident in which Appellant and his co-defendant shot a man on the street after the co-defendant accused the victim of having shot another man.

¶2 On direct appeal, Appellant raised one issue, challenging the weight and sufficiency of his…