COM. v. FOWLER


434 Pa.Super. 148 (1994)

642 A.2d 517

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Esdras FOWLER, Appellee.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed June 1, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh Burns, Asst. Dist. Atty., Philadelphia, for Com., appellant.

Wayne Sachs, Philadelphia, for appellee.

Before WIEAND, HUDOCK and SAYLOR, JJ.


WIEAND, Judge:

After Esdras Fowler had been tried by a jury and found guilty of third degree murder and possessing an instrument of crime, the trial court determined that defense counsel had been constitutionally ineffective when he failed to bolster Fowler's testimony by calling an available witness to testify to Fowler's good reputation for truth and veracity.1 Therefore, the trial...

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