COM. v. SHAW


379 Pa.Super. 491 (1988)

550 A.2d 555

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Andre SHAW, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed November 7, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norris E. Gelman, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Donna G. Zucker, Assistant District Attorney, Philadelphia, for Com., appellee.

Before CAVANAUGH, MELINSON and WATKINS, JJ.


CAVANAUGH, Judge:

The appeal is from the denial of a request for relief pursuant to the Post Conviction Hearing Act (PCHA), 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 9541 et seq. Appellant challenges the length of sentences imposed after his second trial for murder and robbery. He argues that his current aggregate sentence of twenty to forty years is in fact harsher than his original sentence of life imprisonment and a concurrent...

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