Commonwealth v. Littlejohn
Commonwealth v. Littlejohn
Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
This is an appeal from the dismissal without a hearing by the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County of appellant’s petition under the Post Conviction Hearing Act (PCHA).
In 1961 appellant was convicted by a jury of murder in the first degree for the poisoning of his wife and sentenced to serve a life term in prison. No direct
In December of 1969 appellant filed the present PCIIA petition averring that certain alleged tacit admissions had been used against him at trial. In our view appellant waived this issue when he failed to raise it on the prior counseled PCHA petition and has not proven the existence of any extraordinary circumstance which can justify such failure to raise it as required by Section 4 of the PCHA. Commonwealth v. Corbin, 440 Pa. 65, 67, 269 A. 2d 475 (1970).
Moreover, we are satisfied after a review of the record that even if the alleged question were not waived, it would have insufficient merit to warrant the grant of the relief requested.
Order affirmed.
Act of January 25, 1966, P. L. (1965) 1580, 19 P.S. §1180-1 et seq. (Supp. 1971).
Reference
- Status
- Published