COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA v. SAMUEL E. HARRIS No. 634 MDA 2007 2009 PA Super 78 Atlantic: 972 A.2d 1196 Filed: 4/22/2009 | |
Appeal from the Order Entered March 30, 2007, in the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster County Criminal Division at No. CP-36-CR-0002649-2001 | |
Before: FORD ELLIOTT, P.J., DONOHUE AND POPOVICH, JJ. | |
Opinion by: FORD ELLIOT, P.J. | |
The Commonwealth appeals the March 30, 2007 order granting Samuel Harris’s (“appellee’s”) petition filed pursuant to the Post Conviction Relief Act (“PCRA”), 42 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 9541-9546. The PCRA court determined that appellee had received ineffective assistance of counsel when his attorney failed to file a motion to suppress his statements to the police following his arrest. After careful review, we reverse the order of the PCRA court. |
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