Commonwealth v. Hobson

POPOVICH, Judge:

This is an appeal from an order of the Court of Common Pleas, Butler County, summarily denying a petition for post-conviction relief filed by appellant. Because appellant did not receive the assistance of counsel in preparing his Post-Conviction Hearing Act 1 (PCHA) petition, we vacate the lower court’s order and remand for proceedings consistent with this opinion.

Appellant was convicted of robbery by a jury. 2 Post-trial motions were denied 3 and appellant was sentenced to three to eight years imprisonment. A direct appeal was taken 4 to this Court and we affirmed by per…