Commonwealth v. Staples

POPOVICH, Judge:

This is an appeal from the summary dismissal of a petition for post-conviction relief filed by appellant under the Post Conviction Hearing Act 1 (hereinafter referred to as PCHA). We affirm.

On July 12, 1972, appellant was found guilty by a jury of one count of murder of the second degree and one count of armed robbery. 2 Post-trial motions were denied and appel lant was sentenced to consecutive terms of imprisonment of 10 to 20 years for murder and 2 and V2 to 5 years for robbery. Following a direct appeal, judgment of sentence was affirmed by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on…