Commonwealth v. Glacken

OPINION BY

DONOHUE, J.:

Appellant, Stephen Lee Glacken (“Glacken”), appeals pro se from the December 29, 2010 order dismissing his first petition pursuant to the Post Conviction Relief Act (“PCRA”), 42 Pa.C.SA. §§ 9541-9546. We quash.

The record reveals that Glacken pled guilty on May 11, 2009, to simple assault, harassment, and bad checks.1 While out on bail awaiting sentencing, Glacken was charged with a new count of simple assault, to which he also pled guilty. On December 1, 2009, the trial court sentenced Glacken to 12 to 24 months of incarceration for the original simple assault charge, a…