Commonwealth v. Roach

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

In 1969, a jury convicted appellant of murder of the first degree for killing the manager of a bar while committing a robbery. The court denied post-verdict motions. This Court affirmed judgment of sentence. Commonwealth v. Roach, 444 Pa. 368, 282 A.2d 382 (1971). In 1975, appellant, represented by new counsel, filed a petition under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act, 1 alleging ineffectiveness of trial counsel. The PCHA court denied the petition. We affirm. 2

Appellant did not raise ineffectiveness of trial counsel on direct appeal. He has not waived that…