Commonwealth v. Diggs

BECK, Judge:

This appeal concerns allegations of counsel ineffectiveness for failure to raise certain grounds for suppressing two self-incriminating statements which appellant made to the police. The statements were introduced against appellant at a 1977 jury trial which resulted in appellant’s conviction for robbery and second-degree murder.

Appellant did not institute a direct appeal from the judgment of sentence rendered on his convictions but subsequently filed a pro se Post Conviction Hearing Act 1 petition which, inter alia, sought permission to file post-verdict motions nunc pro tunc.…