Commonwealth v. McClucas

OLSZEWSKI, Judge:

This is an appeal from an order dismissing appellant’s Post Conviction Hearing Act (PCHA) petition without an evidentiary hearing. Appellant asserts that the trial court erred in dismissing the petition when it raised: (1) the subsequent availability of exculpatory evidence that would have affected the outcome of the trial, and (2) the ineffectiveness of trial counsel for failure to appeal. We affirm.

In February, 1985, as the result of numerous incidents that occurred between appellant and his daughter, L.M., appellant was charged with corruption of minors, endangering the…