Commonwealth v. Ritchie

Following a jury trial, appellant was convicted of robbery. The trial court subsequently denied appellant’s post-verdict .motions and imposed sentence. No direct appeal was taken. Thereafter, appellant filed a petition pursuant to the Post Conviction Hearing Act (PCHA).1 After a hearing, the post-conviction court concluded that appellant had been denied his right to appeal from judgment of . sentence and granted him permission to file this appeal nunc pro tunc.

Appellant contends first that the trial court abused its discretion in refusing to grant a continuance which his trial counsel had…