Commonwealth v. Simler

CAVANAUGH, Judge:

Appellant Linn Simler was tried by a jury and convicted of simple assault. Post-verdict motions were denied and sentence was imposed. Appellant, represented by new counsel, took a direct appeal to this court, 280 Pa.Super. 154, 421 A.2d 451, raising the issue of trial counsel’s ineffectiveness. Because we were unable to resolve the ineffectiveness issues on the record before us, we vacated the judgment of sentence and remanded the case for an eviden-tiary hearing. A hearing was held and the lower court found that trial counsel had not been ineffective. The judgment of…