Commonwealth v. Butler

OPINION BY

CAVANAUGH, J.:

¶ 1 John Butler appeals from the judgment of sentence to serve a term of from five to ten years imprisonment imposed after a jury found him guilty of robbery and related offenses for taking leather coats at gunpoint from a retail store at 11th and Filbert Streets in Philadelphia. Appellant’s sole issue claims:

BOTH TRIAL AND PRESENT COUNSEL RENDERED INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL WHEN THEY FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THE TRIAL COURT’S 1925(B) ORDER BY FILING A STATEMENT OF MATTERS COMPLAINED OF ON APPEAL RAISING THE ISSUE OF THE APPELLANT’S ENTITLEMENT TO AN ARREST OP…