Commonwealth v. Fulton

OPINION

Justice CASTILLE.

This Court granted limited discretionary review to resolve two issues: 1) whether trial counsel was ineffective in failing to present evidence of appellant’s good character; and 2) whether the Superior Court erred in failing to remand this matter for the PCRA court to file an opinion reflecting its independent consideration of the counsel ineffectiveness claim. For the reasons set forth below, we remand this matter to the PCRA court for preparation of an opinion reflecting its independent judicial analysis of the claim that trial counsel was ineffective for failing to…