Commonwealth v. Lodis

WIEAND, Judge:

This is a direct appeal from a judgment of sentence imposed upon Augustine Lodis after a jury had found him guilty of aggravated assault1 and possession of an instrument of crime.2 New counsel was appointed after Lodis had been sentenced,3 and, on appeal, Lodis alleges for the first time that trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance.

The facts of the case were summarized by the trial court as follows:

The Commonwealth presented evidence that on August 30, 1984, at approximately 7:00 P.M., the complainant, Michael Wuykiw, drove to the three hundred block of East Hunting Park…