Commonwealth v. Young

Opinion by

Hoffman, J.,

Appellant was charged with burglary and larceny, tried before a jury, convicted and sentenced. While confined, he filed a petition pursuant to the Post Conviction Hearing Act, Act of January 25, 1966, P. L. (1965) 1580, 19 P.S. §1180-1 et seq. (Supp. 1970). In his petition appellant checked virtually all of the boxes indicating grounds for relief. In the spaces provided for explanation he went on to enumerate, inter alia, that he had been subjected to an illegal arrest and search, that his trial counsel had been ineffective, and that his right to appeal had been…