Commonwealth v. Johnson

OPINION ANNOUNCING THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

NEWMAN, Justice.

Antonio Lamont Johnson (Appellant) appeals an Order of the Superior Court that affirmed the Judgment of Sentence of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County (trial court). After a bench trial, the trial court convicted Appellant of burglary,1 theft by unlawful taking,2 and receiving stolen prop*55erty.3 We granted allowance of appeal to clarify our holding in Commonwealth v. Lord, 553 Pa. 415, 719 A.2d 306 (1998) and to determine whether the Superior Court erred in rejecting Appellant’s claim that his Appellate Counsel was…