Commonwealth v. Wilkinson

PRICE, Judge:

This is an appeal from the lower court’s dismissal, without a hearing, of appellant’s “Petition to Vacate and Reconsider Sentence.” Because it is untimely, we quash the instant appeal.

Appellant was convicted, following a jury trial, of delivery of methamphetamine in violation of the Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act. 1 On January 24, 1977, appellant was sentenced. He took no direct appeal from the judgment of sentence, but rather, on February 23, 1977, petitioned the lower court to reconsider the sentence. That petition was dismissed on March 15, 1977, and an…