Commonwealth v. Johnson

OPINION OF THE COURT

PAPADAKOS, Justice.

We are asked by the Commonwealth to review the issues of whether the seven year lapse before pursuing PCHA 1 relief constituted a waiver under the Act, and whether trial counsel was ineffective for not objecting to a confession on the allegation that it was induced because of the delay between arrest and preliminary arraignment and for not objecting to the closing statement of the prosecution.

Following the beating of the victim, the factual history of this case shows that the police requested Appellee’s father to bring in his son as a suspect, then…