Commonwealth v. Porter

PRICE, Judge:

This appeal is from the lower court’s order dismissing appellant’s Post Conviction Hearing Act 1 petition without a hearing. We affirm that order.

On August 31, 1972, appellant entered a guilty plea to passing counterfeit money in violation of the Penal Code. 2 Appellant was sentenced to pay a fine of two hundred and fifty dollars and to serve twelve months probation. This sentence was not appealed.

During the ensuing months, appellant violated several of the conditions of his probation. Appellant failed to appear for a revocation hearing scheduled for August 31, 1973, and an…