Commonwealth v. Bowers

SPAETH, Judge:

This is an appeal from an order denying appellant’s petition for relief under the Post Conviction Hearing Act. 1

On October 22, 1970, appellant was convicted after a trial by jury of burglary, larceny, robbery, and conspiracy. Motions in arrest of judgment or for a new trial were filed by the attorney who had tried the case, A. Charles Peruto, Esquire, and were dismissed. Bernard L. Segal, Esquire, then became appellant’s attorney. He filed a direct appeal to this court, which resulted in a per curiam affirmance, Commonwealth v. Bowers, 222 Pa.Super. 713, 294 A.2d 752 (1972); the…