Commonwealth v. May

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

Appellant was convicted by a judge sitting without a jury of voluntary manslaughter and possession of an instrument of crime for the shooting death of Arthur Wesley. 1 After Post-verdict motions were denied, he was sentenced to one and one-half to five years imprisonment on the manslaughter charge. On direct appeal, this Court affirmed his conviction in Commonwealth v. May, 466 Pa. 524, 353 A.2d 815 (1976). In a Post-Conviction Hearing Act proceeding, 2 appellant, represented by counsel other than his trial counsel, see Commonwealth v. Dancer, 460 Pa. 95,…