Commonwealth v. Conley

VAN der VOORT, Judge:

Appeal is taken to our Court from an Order of the lower court, Judge James A. Reilly, specially presiding, dated July 30, 1975, denying appellant’s requested relief pursuant to the Post Conviction Hearing Act. 1 A petition for such relief had been filed on March 9, 1973, and denied without hearing on March 13, 1974 2 At No. 276 April Term, 1974, appellant herein filed an appeal from denial of PCHA relief, arguing “that appellant’s court-appointed counsel failed to notify him of the denial of post-trial motions in time to enable a direct appeal (footnote omitted), and that…