Commonwealth v. Andrews

CIRILLO, President Judge:

On November 19, 1986, the Honorable Edward J. Blake, sitting as judge on a post-conviction hearing for appellant, Anthony Andrews, issued an order granting an appeal nunc pro tunc and denying appellant’s petition for relief under the Post Conviction Hearing Act. Andrews now appeals that order. Since appellant’s trial counsel never filed either post-trial motions or an appeal, we concur with Judge Blake’s conclusion that appellant has been denied his appellate rights. We find, however, that the grant of a nunc pro tunc appeal without the grant of a right to file nunc…