Commonwealth v. Box

ROWLEY, Judge:

On September 22, 1975, appellant was convicted, after a jury trial, of murder in the second degree and two counts of robbery. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder conviction and ten to twenty years imprisonment for each robbery conviction; the three sentences to be served consecutively. The judgment of sentence was affirmed in Commonwealth v. Box, 481 Pa. 62, 391 A.2d 1316 (1978). During both his trial and appeal, appellant was represented by Charles O. Barto, Jr., Esquire.

On December 6, 1979, appellant filed a petition for relief under the Post-Conviction…