Case Name: Commonwealth v. Toledo, Appellant
Court: Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1974-12-11
Citations: 230 Pa. Super. 447
Docket Number: Appeal, No. 1034
Parties: Commonwealth v. Toledo, Appellant.
Judges: Before Watkins, P. J., Jacobs, Hoffman, Cercone, Price, Yan der Yoort, and Spaeth, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania Superior Court Reports
Volume: 230
Pages: 447–448

Head Matter:
Commonwealth v. Toledo, Appellant.
Submitted September 9,1974.
Before Watkins, P. J., Jacobs, Hoffman, Cercone, Price, Yan der Yoort, and Spaeth, JJ.
Charles F. G. Smith, for appellant.
Maxine J. Stotland, Mark Sendrow, and Steven E. Goldblatt, Assistant District Attorneys, Abraham J. Gafm, Deputy District Attorney, Bichard A. Sprague, First Assistant District Attorney, and F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.
December 11, 1974:

Opinion:
Opinion by
Spaeth, J.,
This is an appeal from a denial without hearing of relief under the Post Conviction Hearing Act, Act of January 25, 1966, P. L. (1965) 1580, §1 et seq., 19 P.S. §1180-1 et seq. (Supp. 1974-75). All of the issues raised are rephrasing of issues previously raised on direct appeal when the conviction was affirmed. Commonwealth v. Toledo, 221 Pa. Superior Ct. 752, 289 A.2d 112 (1972), allocatur refused, 221 Pa. Superior Ct. xlv (1972). As the issues have thus been "finally litigated," §4(a)(2) and (3) of the Act, supra, 19 P.S. §1180-4(a) (2), (3) (Supp. 1974-75), appellant is not "eligible for relief," id., §3(d), 19 P.S. §1180-3(d) (Supp. 1974-75); Commonwealth v. Wilson, 452 Pa. 376, 305 A.2d 9 (1973).
Appellant's claim that perjured testimony was used against him is merely a renewal of a previous attack on the credibility of the witness and thus does not present an issue of after-discovered evidence. See, e.g., Commonwealth v. Mosteller, 446 Pa. 83, 284 A.2d 786 (1971).
Order affirmed.