Commonwealth v. Thompson

JOHNSON, Judge:

Appellant, Arnell Thompson, takes this appeal from the order denying his request for relief under the Post Conviction Hearing Act (PCHA). 1 Appellant raises three issues for our consideration:

I. Where appellant was not brought to trial within one hundred and twenty days after his arrival in Pennsylvania pursuant to the Interstate Agreement on Detainers, were trial and appellate counsel ineffective for failure to move to dismiss the indictments and for failure to preserve this meritorious issue on direct appeal?

II. Where conviction of robbery and aggravated assault have arisen…