Commonwealth v. Chazin

JOHNSON, J.:

¶ 1 The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, through the District Attorney of Philadelphia County, appeals the trial court’s order granting a new trial to Barry Chazin pursuant to provisions of the Post Conviction Relief Act, 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 9541-46. The court concluded that Chazin’s lawyer provided ineffective assistance of counsel (IAC) in having failed to offer the defendant appropriate advice concerning the Commonwealth’s offer to recommend a sentence below the mandatory minimum in exchange for his guilty plea to a charge of Robbery. The Commonwealth counters that the court erred in…