Commonwealth v. Medina

OPINION BY

MUNDY, J.:

The Commonwealth appeals from the August 2, 2011 order, granting Appellee, Jose Medina’s petition filed pursuant to the Post Conviction Relief Act (PCRA), 42 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 9541-9546. After careful review, we affirm.

The PCRA court summarized the relevant facts and procedural history of this case, in its 217-page opinion, as follows.

In November 1992, 19 year-old [Ap-pellee] was convicted of murder and sentenced to life without parole for the stabbing death of William Bogan. [Ap-pellee] was convicted based on the emotional testimony of a 12-year-old boy named Michael Toro who…