Commonwealth v. Burno

OPINION

Justice STEVENS.1

The Commonwealth appeals from the trial court’s September 30, 2009 order granting Junius Burno a new trial based on his trial counsel’s alleged ineffective representation in failing to object to remarks made by the prosecutor during her closing argument to the jury. Burno has filed a cross-appeal claiming the trial court erred in refusing to grant him relief on numerous remaining issues, which he raised in his post-sentence motions. We reverse the trial court’s September 30, 2009 order granting Burno’s motion for a new trial, remand for the resolution of any pending…