Commonwealth v. Ruff

PRICE, Judge:

On July 10, 1974, appellant pleaded guilty to possessing a prohibited offensive weapon1 and was sentenced to a probationary term of three years. Two years later, on August 14, 1976, appellant was arrested and charged with murder,2 possession of an instrument of crime,3 and possession of a prohibited offensive weapon. He was found guilty of murder on March 30, 1977, and sentenced to a term of imprisonment of from five (5) to twenty (20) years. On October 5, 1977, a hearing was held at the conclusion of which the Honorable Edward B. Rosenburg found that the murder conviction…