Commonwealth v. McCormick

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROWLEY, Judge:

This is an appeal from a judgment of sentence of six to twelve years imprisonment imposed following appellant’s conviction by a jury of two counts of robbery. Appellant raises two issues on appeal: 1) was trial counsel ineffective for (a) failing to request a hearing on the after-discovered alleged prejudice of several jurors and by (b) failing to call certain witnesses to discredit the identification of appellant; and 2) was his constitutional right of equal protection violated when all three black veniremen called as potential jurors were peremptorily…