Commonwealth v. Childs, C. - No. (Granted) (petitions for allowance of appeal)

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA MIDDLE DISTRICT COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Respondent v. COSIL LOUIS CHILDS, Petitioner : No. 436 MAL 2017 : : : Petition for Allowance of Appeal from : the Order of the Superior Court : : : : : : ORDER PER CURIAM AND NOW, this 6th day of December, 2017, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue, as stated by petitioner, is: Was the [PCRA] court in error for dismissing [Petitioner’s] Petition for Post Conviction Relief averring that trial counsel was ineffective for failing to object to remarks of the assistant district attorney during her closing argument wherein she repeatedly called [Petitioner] a liar?

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