Commonwealth v. Broadwater

ROWLEY, Judge:

This is an appeal by the Commonwealth from the trial court’s order granting appellee’s claim for relief pursuant to the Post Conviction Hearing Act (hereinafter “PCHA”). 1 Appellee, Charles Broadwater, filed a PCHA petition claiming that ineffective assistance of trial counsel resulted in: 1) his entry of a guilty plea that was not knowingly and voluntarily tendered, and 2) impropriety in the sentencing procedure. The PCHA court granted relief in the form of vacating appellee’s sentence and granting him a new trial. The Commonwealth has appealed. We reverse.

On March 5, 1972,…