Commonwealth v. Castillo

888 A.2d 775 (2005)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant

v.

Hector CASTILLO, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Argued April 11, 2005.

Decided December 29, 2005.

Hugh J. Burns, Arnold H. Gordon, Ronald Eisenberg, Philadelphia, Jason E. Fetterman, for Com.

David Scott Rudenstein, for Hector Castillo.

Peter Rosalsky, Philadelphia, for Defender Association of Philadelphia.

Before: CAPPY, C.J., CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN, SAYLOR, EAKIN and BAER, JJ.

OPINION

Justice BAER.

We granted review of this case, consolidated it with our review of Commonwealth v. Schofield, 580 Pa. 4, 858 A.2d 1157 (2004), and…