Commonwealth v. Barnett

OPINION BY

DONOHUE, J.:

Robert Barnett (“Barnett”) brings this direct appeal nunc pro tunc from a judgment of sentence of life in prison entered on December 2, 2002, after a Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas jury found Barnett guilty of murder in the first degree1 on November 27, 2002. Barnett was also sentenced to consecutive terms of ten to 20 years of imprisonment for robbery2 and burglary,3 five to ten years for criminal conspiracy,4 and three and one-half to seven years for carrying a firearm without a license.5

After his conviction, Barnett’s trial counsel filed an appeal that was so…