Commonwealth v. Norman

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Roberts,

Appellant Albert Norman here contests the dismissal of his petition filed pursuant to the Post Conviction Hearing Act1 in which he alleged he had been denied his right of appeal. The hearing court refused *219to hear any testimony on whether Norman knowingly waived his appeal rights, ruling as a matter of law that appellant had finally litigated this question and therefore no hearing was required. For the reasons that follow, we disagree and remand the record to the PCHA court for a hearing on whether appellant knew of his right to appeal and of his right to have…