Commonwealth v. Taggart

CERCONE, President Judge:

Appellant, Roger Worth Taggart, appeals from the lower court’s denial of appellant’s request for a new trial on the grounds of ineffective assistance of counsel. In his brief appellant argues that trial counsel was ineffective for various reasons, including that counsel failed to discuss and raise certain pre-trial motions which appellant felt were important. The lower court did not address itself to the merits of appellant’s pre-trial motions because the court found that appellant had waived his right to raise these issues because they were not timely filed. We find…