Commonwealth v. Rathfon

OPINION BY

BENDER J.:

¶ 1 The Commonwealth appeals from the July 19, 2005 order granting in part the petition filed by the defendant, Joseph Bradley Rathfon, pursuant to the Post Conviction Relief Act, 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 9541-46 (PCRA). The Commonwealth argues that the PCRA court erred by granting PCRA relief to Rathfon and allowing him to withdraw his guilty plea to the charge of corruption of minors. The PCRA court, in finding ineffective assistance of counsel, concluded that Rathfon had entered into a plea agreement in reliance on his plea counsel’s misapprehension that his sentence would be…