Commonwealth v. Payton

PRICE, Judge:

After a non-jury trial on June 16, 1976, appellant was convicted of receiving stolen property. 1 Appellant failed to file post-verdict motions and was sentenced to serve a term of one to five years imprisonment. This sentence was not appealed.

On August 30, 1976, appellant filed a pro se PCHA petition. 2 The Dauphin County Public Defender filed a supplemental petition alleging that appellant’s conviction resulted from a violation of the constitutional right to confrontation at trial, the introduction of evidence which was the fruit of an illegal search and seizure, and the denial…