Commonwealth v. Kretchmar

OPINION BY FORD ELLIOTT, P.J.:

¶ 1 This is an appeal from an order dismissing without a hearing a petition filed under the Post-Conviction Relief Act (“PCRA”), 42 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 9541-9546, by appellant, Gary L. Kretchmar. We affirm.

¶ 2 On October 6, 1981, at approximately 2:00 p.m., Scott Rosenblum was found dead in his apartment in Bensalem Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The victim suffered three gunshot wounds. Ballistics tests revealed that a .22 caliber firearm was used to inflict the wounds. Despite a contemporaneous investigation, which included the questioning of appellant, the…