Commonwealth v. Young

Appellant was convicted in a jury trial of armed robbery and receiving stolen goods. In this nunc pro tunc direct appeal,1 he contends that his trial counsel was ineffective in *434failing to file a motion to suppress oral statements allegedly made by him to police.2 We find his contention without merit and, accordingly, affirm the judgment of sentence.

When we can determine from the record that a suppression motion, if filed, would have been denied because it lacked merit, we do not declare counsel ineffective for failure to file such a motion. Commonwealth v. Fisher, 243 Pa.Super. 128, 364 A.2d…