Commonwealth v. Adams

OPINION OF THE COURT

EAGEN, Justice.

On May 15, 1974, appellant, Carlin Adams, assisted by counsel entered a plea of guilty to murder generally and aggravated robbery. The pleas were accepted and the degree of guilt on the murder indictment was found to be murder in the second degree. No post trial motions were filed and on June 20, 1974, Adams was sentenced to ten to twenty years imprisonment on each indictment; the sentences to run concurrently. No direct appeals from the judgments of sentence were filed.

On November 12, 1974, Adams filed an uncounseled petition under the Post Conviction…