Commonwealth v. McCabe

HOFFMAN, Judge:

This is an appeal from the order of the court below denying appellant’s petition for relief under the Post Conviction Hearing Act (PCHA), 42 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 9541-9551. Appellant contends that the lower court erred in denying his petition because (1) his trial counsel and counsel for his petition to set aside an illegal sentence were ineffective for failing to preserve for review the issue whether he was illegally sentenced for both the offense of assault with intent to kill and the offense of assault with intent to maim because the two convictions arose from a single criminal act…