Commonwealth v. Gibson

DEL SOLE, Judge:

The Appellant was convicted of third degree murder in April of 1982. The victim was the Appellant’s common law wife. Mr. Gibson’s appeal was heard by a panel of this Court in 1984; that panel disposed of four issues raised by the Appellant but remanded the case, for new counsel to represent Mr. Gibson in connection with his claim of ineffective assistance of counsel. (Commonwealth v. Gibson, 353 Pa.Super. 643, 506 A.2d 1336 (1985). That claim is before us now.

Mr. Gibson claims that his trial counsel should have objected to the hearsay testimony of the victim’s sister, Nina…