Commonwealth v. Baston

JACOBS, Judge.

Appellant, after a jury trial in August of 1973, was found guilty of assault and battery, aggravated robbery, and corrupting the morals of a minor. Post-trial motions were filed by appellant’s appointed trial counsel, but argued by appellant’s second appointed attorney, as appellant’s trial counsel was relieved of his assignment. 1 2 Post-trial motions were denied on March 26, 1974, and appellant was sentenced to a term of incarceration of four to ten years. No direct appeal from the judgment of sentence was taken, and on April 11, 1974 appellant filed a petition for relief…