Commonwealth v. Laboy

OPINION OF THE COURT

JONES, Chief Justice.

Appellant was found guilty of murder in the second degree by a judge sitting without a jury. A direct ap peal was taken to this Court alleging that appellant was not effectively represented by trial counsel. The order of the court below was affirmed at 440 Pa. 579, 270 A.2d 695 (1970). Subsequently, on March 10, 1972, an order from the United States District Court was filed dismissing a petition for habeas corpus.

Following the denial of appellant’s petition to the United States District Court, an uncounselled Post Conviction Hearing Act petition was…