COMMONWEALTH v. JOHNSON


212 Pa.Super. 158 (1968)

Commonwealth v. Johnson, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

March 21, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Johnson, appellant, in propria persona.

Robert M. Borden and Alan J. Davis, Assistant District Attorneys, Richard A. Sprague, First Assistant District Attorney, and Arlen Specter, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before ERVIN, P.J., WRIGHT, WATKINS, MONTGOMERY, JACOBS, HOFFMAN, and SPAULDING, JJ.


OPINION BY SPAULDING, J., March 21, 1968:

Appellant, utilizing the procedure established by the Post Conviction Hearing Act,1 contests two separate 1964 burglary convictions, averring as grounds for relief (1) ineffectiveness of counsel in permitting amendment of indictments without first obtaining the consent of petitioner; (2) guilty plea entered without knowledge as to its consequences...

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