Commonwealth v. Dukeman

POPOVICH, Judge:

This is an appeal from the order dismissing appellant’s Post Conviction Relief Act 1 petition without a hearing. In his PCRA petition, appellant alleged that trial counsel was ineffective in failing to file a motion for dismissal of the charges pursuant to Pennsylvania Rule of Criminal Procedure 1100. Appellant now contends that the lower court erred in denying PCRA relief without a hearing. For the following reasons, we hold that a violation of Rule 1100 is not a cognizable claim for which relief may be granted under the Post Conviction Relief Act, and we affirm the denial…