Commonwealth v. Loner

¶ 1 This is an appeal from the order of the court below denying Appellant’s petition seeking post-conviction relief pursuant to the Post Conviction Relief Act (PCRA), 42 Pa.C.S.A. sections 9541-46. We affirm.

¶ 2 In March of 1990, a jury convicted Appellant of three counts each of rape and related charges as a result of the sexual abuse of his then nine-year-old daughter during the summer months of 1989. He was sentenced to an aggregate term of fifteen to thirty years of imprisonment. A timely appeal was filed to this Court, which resulted in a remand for a new trial because this Court…