Commonwealth v. McFarland

CAVANAUGH, Judge:

This is a direct appeal from a judgment of sentence. The appeal was submitted to this court without oral argument. In his brief on appeal appellant Peter J. McFarland’s attorney simply recounts the history of the case and a summary of the facts leading up to McFarland’s arrest. This is followed by a statement that after a thorough review of the record, counsel concluded that an appeal would be wholly frivolous and without arguable merit, citing Commonwealth v. McGeth, 347 Pa.Super. 333, 500 A.2d 860 (1985) and Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493…