Commonwealth v. Calhoun

OPINION BY

PLATT, J.:

Appellant, Jamie Robert Lynn Calhoun, appeals from the order dismissing his petition for relief pursuant to the Post Conviction Relief Act (PCRA), 42 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 9541-9546. Specifically, he claims he received an illegal sentence because the consecutive sentences for his conviction of simple assault and reckless endangerment should have merged. He also asserts previous counsel was ineffective for failing to raise the merger issue and seek relief. We affirm.

The facts of this case are not in dispute. On April 18, 2009, Appellant, after being passed by the victim, caught up…