Commonwealth v. Reese

CAVANAUGH, Judge:

In this case, the appellant was tried in 1975 for offenses allegedly occurring on December 2, 1973, and was convicted of simple and aggravated assault, assault by prisoner and attempted murder. Following denial of post-verdict motions he was sentenced to an aggregate of eight to twenty years imprisonment. Appellant appealed to this court and the judgment of sentence was affirmed, opinion by Cercone, J. See Commonwealth v. Reese, 237 Pa.Super. 326, 352 A.2d 143 (1976).

In January, 1980, the appellant filed a petition under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act, and present counsel on…