COMMONWEALTH v. BEECHAM


216 Pa.Super. 77 (1969)

Commonwealth v. Beecham, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

December 10, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth Langford Green and Melvin Dildine, Assistant Defenders, and Vincent J. Ziccardi, Acting Defender, for appellant.

James D. Crawford, Assistant District Attorney, Richard A. Sprague, First Assistant District Attorney, and Arlen Specter, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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


OPINION PER CURIAM, December 10, 1969:

Judgment of sentence affirmed.

DISSENTING OPINION BY HOFFMAN, J.:

In 1961, appellant was convicted of robbery. He filed post-trial motions but never appealed. In 1967, he petitioned for Post Conviction Hearing Act relief, alleging that he had been denied his right of appeal. Appellant was granted leave to file an appeal to this Court nunc pro tunc.

On this appeal nunc pro tunc, he alleges...

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