Commonwealth v. Merritt

Opinion by

Cercone, J.,

This case comes on appeal from judgment of sentence on defendant’s argument that he was denied his constitutional right to be represented by counsel of his choice. Defendant was found guilty by a jury on two counts of involuntary manslaughter and fifteen counts of leaving the scene of an accident. Following denial of a motion in arrest of judgment and for a new trial, defendant was sentenced to consecutive terms of 1 to 2 years on the involuntary manslaughter indictments and to consecutive terms of 5y2 to 11 months on four counts of failure to stop a motor vehicle, for a…