Commonwealth v. Cooney

Opinion by

Mr. J ijstice Pomeroy,

In November, 1968, appellant filed a petition under the Post Conviction Hearing Act, Act of January 25, 1966, P. L. (1965) 1580, 19 P.S. §1180-1 et seq., alleging the existence of newly discovered evidence and constitutional infirmities at his 1967 trial for murder. Counsel was appointed for appellant and an eviden tiary hearing was held. The court below thereafter dismissed the petition and the instant appeal followed.

For reasons which do not appear of record, appellant has chosen to prosecute this appeal pro se. As we noted in Commonwealth v. Walters, 431 Pa.…