Commonwealth v. Blackwell

OPINION BY

KELLY, J.:

¶ 1 Appellant, Tramayne Blackwell, appeals from the order of the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas, 1 dismissing bis petition under the Post Conviction Relief Act (PCRA). 2 In this case, in dismissing Appellant’s first PCRA petition, the trial court erroneously informed him that his counsel had withdrawn from representation, when counsel had not. Appellant did not appeal from the dismissal, but filed a second PCRA petition, and then unsuccessfully sought to withdraw it. Appellant then filed the petition, at review in the instant appeal, which the trial court…