Commonwealth v. Tyler

BROSKY, Judge:

On June 25, 1980, appellant, William Henry Tyler, was convicted of three counts of burglary.1 No post-verdict motions were filed. On August 4,1980, Tyler was sentenced to serve a term of imprisonment of three and one-half to seven years. He was also ordered to make restitution in the amount of $1,025. On September 17, 1980, Tyler filed a petition under the Post Conviction Hearing Act2 in which he alleged numerous reasons why his trial counsel was ineffective. The P.C.H.A. court rejected all of Tyler’s claims for relief save one, his request to be permitted to file a direct…