Commonwealth v. Murray

CERCONE, President Judge:

Solomon A. Murray, Jr., was convicted by a jury of murder in the first degree and was sentenced on August 12, 1976, to serve a life term of imprisonment. Counsel other than trial counsel presented his direct appeal to our Supreme Court, which affirmed per curiam on June 22, 1977. 1 Soon after, appellant, represented by yet another attorney, filed a petition under the Post Conviction Hearing Act, 2 in which he alleged trial counsel’s ineffectiveness in various respects and infringement of his right against self-incrimination. The lower court denied the requested relief…