Commonwealth v. Yount

CERCONE, Judge:

This is an appeal from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Clearfield County which dismissed appellant’s petition for relief under the Post Conviction Relief Act. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

The trial court concisely summarized the lengthy procedural history of this case as follows:

Jon E. Yount was convicted in 1966 of First Degree Murder and Rape following trial by jury. On direct appeal, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court reversed on the basis that Yount had not received adequate warnings under Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 86 S.Ct. 1602, 16 L.Ed.2d 694…