Commonwealth v. Hill

POPOVICH, Judge:

This is an appeal from the order of the court below which dismissed without a hearing the Post Conviction Hearing Act petition which had been filed by appellant, Clyde Hill. We affirm.

The complicated procedural history of this case reveals the following:

On October 18, 1973, appellant was convicted of two (2) counts of murder of second degree by a jury under the old Crimes Code.1 Appellant received consecutive terms of life imprisonment. No post-verdict motions were filed. A direct appeal to the Supreme Court followed, and the judgments of sentence were affirmed. Commonwealth…