Commonwealth v. McCall

SPAETH, Judge:

On October 21, 1976, appellant pleaded guilty to charges of armed robbery. On December 15,1976, he was sentenced to three to ten years in prison, consecutive to a sentence he

*353was currently serving. No petition to withdraw the plea was filed, and no appeal was taken. On July 20, 1977, appellant filed a petition under the Post Conviction Hearing Act, Act of Jan. 25, 1966, P.L. (1965) 1580 et seq., 19 P.S. § 1180-1 et seq., (Suppl., 1978). Counsel was appointed to represent appellant. The petition was denied without a hearing on September 9, 1977, and this appeal followed.

Although…