Commonwealth v. White

CERCONE, Judge:

Appellant, Aaron White, takes this appeal from the lower court’s denial, following a hearing, of appellant’s Post Conviction Hearing Act (PCHA)1 petition. Appellant makes but on argument: Whether trial counsel was ineffective for failing to object to certain remarks made by the prosecutor during his summation. We find appellant’s argument to have merit and we reverse.

Following a robbery and shooting on April 14, 1973, in Philadelphia, appellant was arrested and subsequently con*4victed on February 5, 1974 on charges of first degree murder, two counts of aggravated robbery,…