Commonwealth v. Lee

OPINION

POMEROY, Justice.

Appellant, James E. Lee, was convicted by a jury of murder in the second degree and aggravated robbery. Post-trial motions were denied and Lee was sentenced to concurrent terms of imprisonment of ten to twenty years on the murder charge and seven and one-half to fifteen years on the related robbery charge. The convictions were affirmed on prior direct appeal to this Court. See Commonwealth v. Lee, 460 Pa. 473, 333 A.2d 871 (1975). In September of 1975, appellant filed a petition under the Post Conviction Hearing Act, 1 and relief was denied after a counselled…