Commonwealth v. Luther

McEWEN, Judge:

William Luther was tried by a jury and convicted of rape. He has taken this appeal from the judgment of sentence.1 Appellant contends solely that trial counsel was ineffective for failing to fully advise him prior to his trial of the importance of character witnesses and for failing to call character witnesses on his behalf at the trial. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

The complainant was the principal prosecution witness. She was a 25 year old woman living separate and apart from her husband with her eight year old son and her sister *45in a small apartment. The sister of…