Commonwealth v. West

OPINION BY

LALLY-GREEN, J.:

¶ 1 Appellant, Mark West, appeals from the judgment of sentence entered on July 14, 2004. In this case, we must determine the proper remedy when a defendant alleges counsel’s ineffectiveness for failure to file a Concise Statement of Matters Complained of on Appeal under Pa.R.A.P. 1925. Given our Supreme Court’s recent pronouncement in Commonwealth v. Halley, 870 A.2d 795 (Pa.2005), we hold that the proper remedy is to remand for the filing of a Concise Statement.

¶ 2 The trial court stated the factual and procedural history as follows:

On June 7, 2004, appellant pled…