Commonwealth v. Jenkins

POPOVICH, Judge:

This is an appeal from an Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland Court (per Judge Sheely) denying appellant’s, Larry D. Jenkin’s, Post-Conviction Hearing Act (PCHA) Petition. 19 P.S. § 1180-1 et seq., as amended; reenacted as 42 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 9541-9551. We affirm.

The sole contention raised by the appellant on appeal concerns “[w]hether the Bill of Information dated November 16, 1977, filed against [him], and signed by Assistant District Attorney J. Michael Eakin, was void ab initio because it was not signed by the District Attorney?” (Appellant’s Brief at 3)

The facts…