COMMONWEALTH PENNSYLVANIA v. ALBERT ANDREW FORD (10/03/75)

Appeal No. 366 January Term, 1974, from the Order, dated January 3, 1974, of the Court of Common Pleas, Trial Division, Criminal Section of Philadelphia denying a Post-Conviction Petition as of Indictments Nos. 202-207, April Sessions, 1970; Ethan Allen Doty, Judge.

COUNSEL

James J. DeMarco, DeMarco & Carrafiello, Philadelphia, for appellant.

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

Jones, C. J., and Eagen, O'Brien, Roberts, Pomeroy, Nix and Manderino, JJ.

Author: Per Curiam

[ 463 Pa. Page 136]

OPINION OF THE COURT

This is an appeal from the denial of relief under the Post Conviction Hearing Act.^*fn* The only claim not waived or finally litigated by appellant's direct appeal, Commonwealth v. Ford, 451 Pa. 81, 301 A.2d 856 (1973), is ineffective assistance of counsel. Our review of the record reveals this claim to be without merit. See ...