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COM. v. HULL

No. 1353 WDA 2008.

982 A.2d 1020 (2009)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant v. Rick Elwood HULL, Appellee.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed October 16, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack R. Heneks, Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Uniontown, for Commonwealth, appellant.

Paul R. Gettleman, Portersville, for appellee.

BEFORE: STEVENS, DONOHUE, and FITZGERALD, JJ.

OPINION BY FITZGERALD, J.:

¶ 1 The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania files this appeal from the order entered in the Fayette County Court of Common Pleas, which granted relief to Appellee, Rick Elwood Hull, based on his petition filed pursuant to the Post Conviction Relief Act ("PCRA").1 We hold that counsel lacked a reasonable basis for failing to call good character witnesses based on his overall trial strategy to show that the children...

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