COM. v. JONES


477 Pa. 266 (1978)

383 A.2d 926

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Robert Lee JONES, Appellant (two cases).

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 23, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Defender Assn. of Philadelphia, Benjamin Lerner, Defender, John W. Packel, Chief, Appeals Div., Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, Dist. Atty., Steven H. Goldblatt, Asst. Dist. Atty., Chief, Appeals Div., for appellee.

Before EAGEN, C.J., and O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX, MANDERINO and LARSEN, JJ.


OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

Appellant Robert Lee Jones appeals from an order of the Post Conviction Hearing Act court denying his petition for relief under the Post Conviction Hearing Act, Act of January 25, 1966, P.L. (1965) 1580, §§ 1 et seq., 19 P.S. §§ 1180-1 et seq. (Supp. 1977).* We affirm.

On August 4, 1972, after several days of trial, appellant...

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