Commonwealth v. Monaco

OPINION BY

GANTMAN, J.:

¶ 1 Appellant, Floyd Joseph Monaco, appeals from the order entered in the Lawrence County Court of Common Pleas, which denied and dismissed his serial petition brought pursuant to the Post Conviction Relief Act (“PCRA”). 1 We affirm.

¶ 2 The relevant facts and procedural history of this case are as follows. On the night of June 12, 1979, Appellant and an associate attempted to sell fifty (50) pounds of marijuana. Undercover police officers interrupted he drug sale. Appellant drew his gun and fired one shot in the direction of the police officers and a second shot toward a…