Commonwealth v. Sweitzer

Appellant contends that the lower court erred in denying him relief after a hearing under the Post Conviction Hearing Act (“PCHA”). 1 Specifically, appellant claims that his trial counsel was ineffective because he did not (i) appeal appellant’s convictions for two armed robberies, (ii) file any motion to suppress evidence obtained pursuant to appellant’s allegedly unlawful arrest, (iii) object to a witness’ testimony that he was appellant’s parole officer, and (iv) object to a police officer’s reference to appellant’s photograph being on file with the local police department. Appellant…