Commonwealth v. Brown

CERCONE, President Judge Emeritus:

¶ 1 Appellant, Gregory Brown, appeals the order entered March 15, 2000, which dismissed, without a hearing, his first petition brought pursuant to the Post Conviction Relief Act (PCRA), 42 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 9541-9546. After review, we affirm.

¶2 The evidence established at Appellant’s trial, and viewed in a light most favorable to the Commonwealth as verdict winner, establishes the following factual basis for Appellant’s arrest and conviction:

[0]n December 10, 1993, Philadelphia Police Officer Carmen Cantwell was called to a small variety store located at 2109…