Commonwealth v. Collins

OPINION ANNOUNCING THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

NEWMAN, Justice.

Lawrence Collins (Collins) appeals from the Superior Court Order affirming the Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County denying his petition pursuant to the Post Conviction Relief Act (PCRA), 42 Pa.C.S. § 9541 et seq. We affirm.

In 1991, Collins sold merchandise, including more than eighty bottles of cologne, wallets, cordless crimping irons and a Tourister briefcase, on four separate occasions to a Pennsylvania State Trooper who was working in a surplus store as a “fence,” someone who buys stolen property. The items were…