Commonwealth v. Kohler

¶ 1 Joseph Kohler (“appellant”) appeals following the denial of his petition under the Post Conviction Relief Act, 42 Pa. C.S.A. § 9541 et seq. On appeal, appellant argues that the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County had no jurisdiction over the offense to which he pled guilty. He also argues that his counsel’s failure to raise a jurisdictional argument below rendered his counsel ineffective. We find that the court of common pleas did have jurisdiction over the offense to which appellant pled guilty and that his counsel was not ineffective.

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¶2 We present the factual findings of the trial…