Commonwealth v. Stanton

SUGERMAN, Judge:

Appellant pleaded guilty on January 28, 1976 to a charge of Theft by Receiving Stolen Property 1 pursuant to a plea bargain and was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than one nor more than four years. The sentencing judge directed that the sentence be served consecutively to a sentence upon an unrelated charge then being served by Appellant. Appellant filed a timely appeal in this Court from the judgment of sentence and we affirmed by per curiam order. 2

Appellant then filed a petition attacking his guilty plea pursuant to the Post Conviction Hearing Act 3 (PCHA),…