Commonwealth v. Martin

OPINION OF THE COURT

EAGEN, Chief Justice.

Appellant, Calvin Martin, was convicted by a jury in Philadelphia of murder of the first degree. Post-verdict motions filed by trial counsel seeking an arrest of the judgment and/or a new trial were denied1 and a sentence of life imprisonment was imposed. This appeal followed.

In this appeal Martin is represented by new counsel, that is, counsel other than trial counsel. The sole assignment of *67error is that trial counsel was ineffective in protecting Martin’s appellate rights by failing to include in the post-verdict motion for a new trial the following…