Commonwealth v. Tamme

I agree with the majority that the trial court erred when it vacated Appellee’s convictions and sentences of death and granted Appellee a new trial. As to Ap-pellee’s contention that he was entitled to a new trial because of a newly-discovered impeachment witness, I agree with the analysis in Part II of the majority opinion. *471With respect to Appellee’s argument that he received ineffective assistance of counsel when his trial counsel misinterpreted this Court’s opinion1 on appeal from his first trial, however, I cannot agree with the majority’s Part I conclusion that Ap-pellee’s trial counsel…