Commonwealth v. Wallace

SPAETH, President Judge:

This is an appeal from an order dismissing, without a hearing or appointment of counsel, appellant’s third petition filed under the Post Conviction Hearing Act, 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 9541 et seq. Counsel appointed to take this appeal has filed a petition for leave to withdraw. We find that counsel has discharged her duties and grant her petition to withdraw. We further find that of the five contentions made by appellant, four have been finally determined in prior proceedings and so are not cognizable under the present PCHA petition. The trial court found that appellant had…