Commonwealth v. Nock

ROWLEY, President Judge:

Appealing from the judgment of sentence entered February 6, 1991, in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, Angelo Nock raises four issues, one of which we will address: whether trial counsel was ineffective for failing to investigate, interview, and call to testify an eyewitness to the murder for which appellant was convicted. After reviewing the record and carefully considering the parties’ arguments, we vacate the judgment of sentence and remand for a new trial.

In 1988, appellant and a co-defendant, Leroy Reed, were charged with the 1982 murder of…