Commonwealth v. Casner

WICKERSHAM, Judge:

This case comes to us after President Judge R. Lee Ziegler of the Mifflin County Court of Common Pleas denied Gary Allen Casner’s petition for relief pursuant to the Post Conviction Hearing Act. 1 Casner pleaded guilty to a charge of robbery on May 9, 1978. A sentence of two and one-half to five years imprisonment was imposed on August 16, 1978.

Casner filed a pro se petition under the Post Conviction Hearing Act; appointed counsel filed an amended PCHA petition. The court below conducted hearings on Casner’s petition. At these hearings Casner testified, as did the public…