Commonwealth v. Price

Lynus Price entered a plea of guilty to robbery and was sentenced to serve a term of imprisonment for not less than seven (7) nor more than twenty (20) years. A petition to reconsider sentence was filed and denied, but no direct appeal was taken. Thereafter, Price filed a P.C.H.A. petition. Counsel was appointed, and an amended P.C.H.A. petition was also prepared and filed. When it was denied without hearing, this appeal followed. We are constrained to reverse and remand for an evidentiary hearing.

The amended P.C.H.A. petition alleged, inter alia, that trial counsel had been ineffective (1)…