Commonwealth v. Richardson

BROSKY, Judge:

This is an appeal from the judgment of sentence imposed after a jury trial at which appellant was found guilty of aggravated assault, robbery, carrying firearms in a public street and without a license in a vehicle, and conspiracy.

Appellant raises three issues for our determination: whether the trial court erred by not granting a motion to suppress appellant’s identification due to a suggestive encounter between the victim and appellant at a preliminary hearing; whether initial trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance by failing to appear at appellant’s first scheduled…