Commonwealth v. Nichols

OPINION BY MURRAY, J.:

Mark Allen Nichols (Appellant) appeals from the order denying his first petition filed under the Post Conviction Relief Act (PCRA), 42 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 9541 - 9546, following an evidentiary hearing. Based upon our Supreme Court's recent decision in Commonwealth v. Walker , 185 A.3d 969 (Pa. 2018), we quash the appeal.

On January 30, 2017, Appellant, represented by appointed counsel Alexander Karam, Jr., Esq., entered into a negotiated guilty plea on the above three dockets to two charges of possession with intent to deliver, one charge of persons not to possess firearms, one…