Commonwealth v. Mosteller

JOHNSON, Judge.

Alonzo Mosteller appeals from the trial court order denying his Post-Conviction Relief Act (PCRA) Petition pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S. § 9541 et seq. We reverse.

On November 5,1986, Mosteller entered an open guilty plea to murder and possessing instruments of crime. This guilty plea arose from an August 4,1985, incident in which Mosteller shot his former paramour, while she was seated in an automobile with her mother, and then fled the scene. On October 11, 1985, the victim died, having developed bronchial pneumonia as a result of the gunshot wounds to her arm, hand, torso and thigh.…