COM. v. CASTILLO


888 A.2d 775 (2005)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant v. Hector CASTILLO, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 29, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh J. Burns, Arnold H. Gordon, Ronald Eisenberg, Philadelphia, Jason E. Fetterman, for Com.

David Scott Rudenstein, for Hector Castillo.

Peter Rosalsky, Philadelphia, for Defender Association of Philadelphia.

Before: CAPPY, C.J., CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN, SAYLOR, EAKIN and BAER, JJ.


OPINION

Justice BAER.

We granted review of this case, consolidated it with our review of Commonwealth v. Schofield, 580 Pa. 4, 858 A.2d 1157 (2004), and directed the parties to address the following issue:

Should this Court reconsider its decisions in Commonwealth v. Lord, 553 Pa. 415, 719 A.2d 306 (1998), and Commonwealth...

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