Commonwealth v. Strickland

CIRILLO, Judge:

This is an appeal from an Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, denying the appellant’s Petition for Relief under the Post Conviction Hearing Act.1

On April 5, 1971, the appellant, Charles Strickland, was arrested by Philadelphia police and charged with the murder of one George Smith. The appellant confessed the murder to police shortly after his arrest. Subsequently, the appellant’s trial counsel, A. Benjamin Johnson, filed a Motion to Suppress the confession as involuntary. On September 27, *5201971, following an evidentiary hearing, the motion was denied…