Commonwealth v. Shaffer

POPOVICH, J.:

¶ 1 This is an appeal from the judgment of sentence entered in the Court of Common Pleas, Washington County, in which Appellant was sentenced to a total aggregate term of eleven to twenty-two years of incarceration. Appellant challenges, inter alia, the sufficiency of the evidence and the effectiveness of his trial counsel. Upon review, we reverse and remand for a new trial.

¶ 2 Appellant was charged with unlawful restraint, kidnapping, sexual assault, aggravated indecent assault and indecent assault stemming from the alleged abduction and sexual assault of his estranged wife,…