Commonwealth v. Spencer

OPINION BY

LALLY-GREEN, J.:

¶ 1 Appellant, Maurice Spencer, appeals from the November 16, 2004 order dismissing his first petition for relief pursuant to the Post Conviction Relief Act (PCRA), 42 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 9541-9546, without a hearing. We affirm.

¶ 2 The relevant factual background and procedural history of this matter is as follows. On November 15, 2002, a jury convicted Appellant of robbery and possessing instruments of crime in connection with the September 14, 2001 robbery of an office building in Philadelphia. Appellant appeared only briefly for his trial; he left following jury…