COM. v. DORIAN


304 Pa.Super. 163 (1982)

450 A.2d 152

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Sheldon DORIAN, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed September 10, 1982.

Petition for Allowance of Appeal Granted March 3, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sheldon Dorian, in pro. per.

D. Gerald Long, District Attorney, Ebensburg, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before SPAETH, HESTER and WATKINS, JJ.


WATKINS, Judge:

In this appeal by the defendant-appellant, Sheldon Dorian, it is claimed that the court below erred when it dismissed his P.C.H.A. petition, without a hearing. Defendant's petition alleged the court erred in dismissing his petition because Pennsylvania law holds that a defendant who is presently serving a valid sentence, the term of which is computed from the date he completed a constitutionally invalid sentence may contest the invalid sentence by...

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