COMMONWEALTH v. TIGNEY


730 A.2d 968 (1999)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Ernest TIGNEY, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed April 19, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Wilson, Pittsburgh, for appellant.

Sandra Preuhs, Assistant District Attorney, Pittsburgh, for Com., appellee.

Before EAKIN, J., ORIE MELVIN, J., and CERCONE, President Judge Emeritus.


ORIE MELVIN, J.:

¶ 1 Appellant, Ernest Tigney, appeals from the judgment of sentence entered on March 19, 1998, upon the revocation of probation in which he was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of two and one-half (2½) to seven (7) years. The Appellant claims trial counsel was ineffective for not raising an objection to the trial court's failure to inform him of his right of allocution pursuant to Pa.R.Crim.P. 1409(C)(1). The Appellant further claims...

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