Com. v. Adams, C. ( 2016 )


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    NON-PRECEDENTIAL DECISION - SEE SUPERIOR COURT I.O.P. 65.37
    COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA                      IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
    PENNSYLVANIA
    v.
    CHRISTOPHER CHARLES ADAMS, SR.
    Appellant                  No. 1692 WDA 2015
    Appeal from the PCRA Order September 16, 2015
    in the Court of Common Pleas of Westmoreland County Criminal Division
    at No(s): CP-65-CR-0002035-2014
    BEFORE: SHOGAN, OTT, and FITZGERALD,* JJ.
    MEMORANDUM BY FITZGERALD, J.:                   FILED: August 24, 2016
    Appellant, Christopher Charles Adams, Sr., appeals pro se from the
    order entered in the Westmoreland County Court of Common Pleas denying
    his first petition for relief filed pursuant to the Post Conviction Relief Act
    (“PCRA”).1 Appellant claims (1) defense counsel was ineffective in failing to
    investigate his case prior to pursuing a negotiated plea or failing to ensure
    the judge explained all of the elements of the charges prior to sentencing;
    (2) PCRA counsel was ineffective in failing to address the issue of the
    consent to search the vehicle; and (3) the prosecutor misrepresented
    evidence. We affirm.
    On July 2, 2014, Appellant entered a negotiated guilty plea to Count 1,
    possession with intent to deliver, and Count 2, firearms not to be carried
    *
    Former Justice specially assigned to the Superior Court.
    1
    42 Pa.C.S. §§ 9541-9546.
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    without a license.     He was sentenced to 3 to 6 years’ imprisonment for
    possession with intent to deliver (methamphetamine)2 and a consecutive
    term of 1 to 4 years’ imprisonment for firearms not to be carried without a
    license.3 N.T. Guilty Plea Hr’g, 7/2/14, at 12. Appellant did not file a post-
    sentence motion4 or direct appeal. On January 2, 2015, Appellant filed a
    timely pro se PCRA petition. Counsel was appointed and filed a motion to
    withdraw pursuant to Commonwealth v. Turner, 
    544 A.2d 927
     (Pa. 1988)
    and Commonwealth v. Finley, 
    550 A.2d 213
     (Pa. Super. 1988), which the
    PCRA court granted.
    Appellant stated the facts of this case in his PCRA petition, reproduced
    verbatim, as follows:
    I was traveling on route 56 between Seward and Johnston
    PA when I was pulled over for speeding in a 40 mph zone.
    My drivers door window wouldnt go down so I asked
    2
    35 P.S. § 780-113(a)(30).
    3
    18 Pa.C.S. § 6106(a)(1).       The Commonwealth waived the 5 year
    mandatory minimum for the possession of a firearm. N.T. Guilty Plea Hr’g,
    7/2/14, at 4-5, 12. No further penalty was imposed for possession of drug
    paraphernalia, prohibited offensive weapons, possession of red phosphorous
    with   intent   to   manufacture     controlled substance,    operating  a
    methamphetamine lab, and possession of ephedrine.
    4
    Appellant did not file a post-sentence motion or a direct appeal to this
    Court. We note that the oral guilty plea colloquy was supplemented by a
    written guilty plea colloquy that Appellant signed. It apprised him of his
    right to file a post-sentence motion or direct appeal, and the time limits for
    doing so. Guilty Plea Pet., 7/2/14, at 4-5; see generally Commonwealth
    v. Bedell, 
    954 A.2d 1209
     (Pa. Super. 2008)
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    permission to open door to hand officer Identification when
    I inadvertently exposed a shotgun between door & seat. I
    was removed from vehicle and placed into patrol car and
    the officer began searching entire vehicle.
    Mot. for Post Conviction Collateral Relief, 1/2/15, at 3. Appellant contended
    there was no probable cause to stop his vehicle for speeding.              
    Id.
       He
    claimed counsel was ineffective for “making [him] feel threatened by the
    law.”   
    Id.
       Appellant averred “[t]he imposition of a sentence greater than
    maximum as well as a unconstitutional mandatory minimum.” 
    Id.
    On February 25, 2015, the PCRA court filed a notice of intent to
    dismiss Appellant’s pro se PCRA petition. Appellant filed a pro se response
    to the Rule 907 notice.     We reproduce the response, in pertinent part, as
    follows:
    I am writing in response to my PCRA submitted pro se.
    I am writing concerning a few key points. First I did not
    give police consent to search vehicle, knowing what was
    inside vehicle it would be unwise to allow such a search.
    Second if I did give a so called consent why was it
    necessary to contact the co-owner of vehicle to get
    permission to search this information is inside the Affidavit
    of Probable Cause them contacting co-owner. Third I am
    claiming ineffectiveness of counsel in this matter because I
    asked for a motion to suppress evidence due to the fact
    the co-owner was undergoing serious surgery at the time
    of the consent and was unable to give intelligent consent. .
    . . Also a key point I forgot there was only 1.29 grams of
    usable methamphetamine the “other” was an unknown
    mixture of trash in a bag labeled waste (labeled by me)
    that could not have contained a viable amount of
    methamphetamine. Therefore 1.29 grams is consistent
    with personal possession and not an intent to distribute
    there were no broken down bags or separate packages
    Just a scale with residue that I used to weigh out my doses
    before injection. . . .
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    Resp. to Rule 907 Notice of Intent to Dismiss, 3/18/15, at 1-2.5 A hearing
    was held on September 8, 2015. On September 16, 2015, the court denied
    the PCRA petition and granted counsel’s request to withdraw. This appeal
    followed.6
    Appellant raises the following issues for our review:
    I. Was the conviction obtained and sentence imposed in
    violation of the Right to Effective Assistance of Counsel,
    with the defense counsel not investigating all matters of
    the case before pursuing a negotiated plea, or failing to
    ensure the judge explained all the elements of the charges
    prior to sentencing?[7]
    5
    The PCRA court opined:
    [Appellant] was given an opportunity to file a written
    response to the Opinion and Order of [c]ourt, dated March
    9, 2015, wherein [he] was notified of this [c]ourt’s
    intention to dismiss the instant PCRA petition. [Appellant]
    did file a timely response . . . .
    PCRA Ct. Op., 9/16/15, at 10. We note that the PCRA court’s March 9, 2015
    opinion in support of its notice of intent to dismiss the PCRA petition and the
    September 16th opinion are virtually identical.
    6
    The PCRA court held that the instant appeal was untimely. See Order,
    10/28/15. We disagree. Under the “prisoner mailbox rule,” a pro se
    prisoner’s document is deemed filed on the date he delivers it to prison
    authorities for mailing. See Commonwealth v. Wilson, 
    911 A.2d 942
    , 944
    n.2 (Pa. Super. 2006). Instantly, an envelope, postmarked October 15,
    2015, is included in the certified record, together with the notice of appeal.
    Applying the “prisoner mailbox rule,” the envelope’s postmark establishes
    that the instant appeal was timely filed.
    7
    In the argument section of his brief, Appellant contends that “Counsel
    failed to request body/dash camera footage of the arrest . . . .” Appellant’s
    Brief at 11. This issue was not raised in Appellant’s PCRA petition or in his
    response to the Rule 907 notice of intent to dismiss. Therefore, this issue is
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    II. Did the [c]ourt err in denying the PCRA claim of an
    illegal search and seizure based on an invalid consent to
    search?
    III. Did the prosecutor misrepresent the evidence of the
    303.42 grams of waste by-product in Item 2.1[8] of the Lab
    Report?
    Appellant’s Brief at 4.
    First, Appellant contends counsel was ineffective for failing to
    investigate the case before pursuing a negotiated plea and in failing to
    ensure that the judge explained all of the elements of the charges prior to
    waived. See Commonwealth v. Rainey, 
    928 A.2d 215
    , 226 (Pa. 2007)
    (concluding that issues not raised in a PCRA petition are waived and cannot
    be considered for the first time on appeal); see also 42 Pa.C.S. § 9544(b)
    (“an issue is waived if the petitioner could have raised it but failed to do so
    before trial, at trial, during unitary review, on appeal or in a prior state
    postconviction proceeding.”); Pa.R.A.P. 302(a).
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    We note that Item 2.1 of the Lab Report states as follows: “One (1) clear
    zip lock bag containing one (1) plastic ‘Sodastream’ bottle containing orange
    solid with metallic pieces.” No Merit Letter in Supp. of Pet. to Withdraw as
    Counsel, 1/29/15, Ex. A at 1. The Pennsylvania State Police Bureau of
    Forensic Services concluded that “[t]he solid in item 2.1 weighed 303.42
    g+/-0.09 g and contained a reactive metal, sodium hydroxide,
    pseudoephedrine/ephedrine, and methamphetamine (Schedule II).” Id. at
    2. The report stated:
    One method of manufacture for methamphetamine is
    referred to as the “One-Pot” method. In this method,
    pseudoephedrine/ephedrine, an ammonium salt, a base
    (such as sodium hydroxide), a reactive metal, and an
    organic solvent are combined into one container (Item
    2.1).
    Id.
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    sentencing.   Id. at 9, 12.        Appellant avers “[i]f not for this deficient
    performance, [A]ppellant would have only been guilty of Count 4[9] only, all
    other Counts would be invalid due to inadmissible evidence, gained from an
    illegal search and seizure.”   Id. at 13.     Counsel was ineffective “for not
    ensuring that his client knew exactly what it was he was signing into in open
    court.” Id.
    The PCRA court found no merit to Appellant’s claim and opined:
    PCRA counsel has reviewed the record in this matter,
    including the guilty plea petition and correspondence
    between [Appellant] and his [trial] counsel. PCRA counsel
    was unable to detect any evidence of [trial counsel’s]
    ineffectiveness in the record. [PCRA counsel] notes in his
    no-Merit Letter that [Appellant] accepted an offer at the
    preliminary hearing. [Appellant] subsequently asked [trial
    counsel] if he could get an offer of 3 to 6 years, rather
    than 4 to 10 years, and [trial counsel] indicated that he
    could not. [Appellant] then completed and signed a guilty
    plea petition and underwent a plea colloquy prior to being
    sentenced to the terms of the plea agreement that was
    reached at the time of the preliminary hearing. In fact, at
    the time the plea was entered, [Appellant] indicated that
    he was pleading guilty because “I committed this crime,
    Your Honor.”
    PCRA Ct. Op. at 7-8 (footnote omitted).        The PCRA court concluded that
    Appellant’s claim that guilty plea counsel was ineffective was meritless. Id.
    at 9. We agree no relief is due.
    This Court has stated:
    9
    Count 4 was misdemeanor 1 prohibited offensive weapon. N.T. Guilty Plea
    Hr’g, 7/2/14, at 4.
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    Our standard and scope of review for the denial of a
    PCRA petition is well-settled.
    [A]n appellate court reviews the PCRA court’s
    findings of fact to determine whether they are
    supported by the record, and reviews its conclusions
    of law to determine whether they are free from legal
    error. The scope of review is limited to the findings
    of the PCRA court and the evidence of record, viewed
    in the light most favorable to the prevailing party at
    the trial level.
    *    *    *
    . . . Counsel is presumed effective, and to rebut that
    presumption, the PCRA petitioner must demonstrate
    that counsel’s performance was deficient and that
    such deficiency prejudiced him. In Pennsylvania, we
    have refined the Strickland [v. Washington, 
    466 U.S. 668
     (1984),] performance and prejudice test
    into a three-part inquiry. Thus, to prove counsel
    ineffective, the petitioner must show that: (1) his
    underlying claim is of arguable merit; (2) counsel
    had no reasonable basis for his action or inaction;
    and (3) the petitioner suffered actual prejudice as a
    result. If a petitioner fails to prove any of these
    prongs, his claim fails. . . .       To demonstrate
    prejudice, the petitioner must show that there is a
    reasonable probability that, but for counsel’s
    unprofessional errors, the result of the proceedings
    would have been different. A reasonable probability
    is a probability that is sufficient to undermine
    confidence in the outcome of the proceeding.
    *    *    *
    [A] defendant [raising a claim of ineffective
    assistance of counsel] is required to show actual
    prejudice; that is, that counsel’s ineffectiveness was
    of such magnitude that it “could have reasonably had
    an adverse effect on the outcome of the
    proceedings.”
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    Commonwealth v. Charleston, 
    94 A.3d 1012
    , 1018-19 (Pa. Super.)
    (some citations omitted), appeal denied, 
    104 A.3d 523
     (Pa. 2014).
    With respect to a guilty plea, the prejudice prong is satisfied by
    showing that “it is reasonably probable that, but for counsel’s errors, [a
    petitioner] would not have pleaded guilty and would have gone to trial. The
    reasonable probability test is not a stringent one.”     Commonwealth v.
    Hickman, 
    799 A.2d 136
    , 141 (Pa. Super. 2002) (citations and quotation
    marks omitted).
    Our Supreme Court has repeatedly stressed that where
    the totality of the circumstances establishes that a
    defendant was aware of the nature of the charges, the plea
    court’s failure to delineate the elements of the crimes at
    the oral colloquy, standing alone, will not invalidate an
    otherwise knowing and voluntary guilty plea. “Whether
    notice [of the nature of the charges] has been adequately
    imparted may be determined from the totality of the
    circumstances attendant upon the plea [.]”
    Commonwealth v. Morrison, 
    878 A.2d 102
    , 107 (Pa. Super. 2005) (en
    banc) (citations omitted).
    Instantly, at the guilty plea hearing, the trial court asked Appellant if
    he understood his rights as counsel explained them to him. N.T. Guilty Plea
    Hr’g, 7/2/14, at 9.    Appellant responded that he did.       
    Id.
       The court
    explained the charges as follows:
    You’re pleading guilty at Count 1 to possession with
    intent to deliver. . . .     If you went to trial the
    Commonwealth would have to prove that on April 4, 2014,
    that    you    possessed    with   intent  to    deliver
    methamphetamine.
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    You’re pleading guilty at Count 2 firearms not to be
    carried without a license . . . . Here the Commonwealth
    would have to prove that on that same date you carried
    without a license a firearm, namely, a High─Point model
    C9 9mm Luger and a Remington Arms 20 gauge shotgun
    in a vehicle.
    You’re pleading guilty at Count 3 to possession of
    paraphernalia . . . . Here the Commonwealth would have
    to prove that you possessed with intent to use drug
    paraphernalia, in this case a glass smoking pipe, a digital
    scale and empty heroin stamp bags.
    You’re pleading guilty at Count 4 to prohibited offensive
    weapons . . . . Here the Commonwealth would have to
    prove that on the same date that you possessed an
    offensive weapon, namely, a Remington 20 gauge shotgun
    with a barrel length of less than 18 inches.
    You’re pleading guilty at Count 5 to possession with
    intent to manufacture a controlled substance . . . . Here
    the Commonwealth would have to prove that on that same
    date     that   you    possessed    sodium     hydroxide,
    psuedoephedrine and lithium with the intent to
    manufacture methamphetamine.
    You’re pleading guilty at Count 6 to operating a
    methamphetamine lab . . . . Here the commonwealth
    would have to prove that on that same date you caused a
    chemical reaction involving ephedrine, pseudoephedrine or
    phenylpropanolamine or any other precursor or reagent
    substance listed for the purpose of manufacturing
    methamphetamine.
    And you’re pleading guilty at count 7 to knowingly
    possessing pseudoephedrine . . . .           Here the
    Commonwealth would have to prove that on the same date
    you possessed pseudoephedrine for the purpose of
    manufacturing methamphetamine.
    Id. at 9-11.
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    Appellant has not satisfied the prejudice prong by showing that but for
    counsel’s errors he would not have pleaded guilty.         See Charleston, 
    94 A.3d at 1018-19
    ; Hickman, 
    799 A.2d at 141
    .             Therefore, his claim that
    guilty plea counsel was ineffective is without merit.          See 42 Pa.C.S. §
    9543(a)(2)(ii); See Charleston, 
    94 A.3d 1012
    , 1018-19.
    Next, Appellant contends the search of the vehicle was illegal based
    upon an invalid consent to search.       Appellant claims he
    stated that “this is my girlfriends car” not “the vehicle is
    registered to my girlfriend” as is stated in the Affidavit of
    Probable Cause. If the officer would have ran the license
    plate, as is procedure in a traffic stop, it would have
    indicated that the vehicle was registered to two people;
    [A]ppellant and Tammy Jo Lohr. The registration and
    insurance information handed to the officer would have
    also indicated this fact.
    The question that needs asking is: Why if [A]ppellant
    supposedly gave “verbal” consent (Affidavit of Probable
    Cause) was it necessary to allegedly make phone contact
    with Ms. Lohr to gain her consent? . . . How can police
    begin a consent search, when there is nothing to prove
    anyone actually granted consent to search?
    *     *      *
    In the case at bar, . . . Ms. Lohr was not present at the
    scene, [A]ppellant was the sole occupant of the vehicle,
    and therefore the one with the authority over the vehicle,
    and the one that had all the authority to grant or deny
    police access to the vehicle. Therefore abrogating any
    consent allegedly granted by Ms. Lohr.
    Appellant’s Brief at 16, 18.
    The PCRA court found this issue waived in its Rule 907 notice. See
    Op. & Order, 3/9/15, at 5.     In his response to the Rule 907 notice,
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    Appellant averred that he was “claiming ineffective assistance of counsel in
    this matter because [he] asked for a motion to suppress evidence due to the
    fact that the co-owner was undergoing serious surgery at the time of
    consent and was unable to give intelligent consent.” Pro Se Resp. to Rule
    907 Notice of Intent to Dismiss, 3/18/15 at 1. The PCRA court granted an
    evidentiary hearing based upon this allegation.
    At the PCRA hearing, Appellant’s counsel informed the court that
    Appellant requested that he “subpoena five different individuals for this
    hearing, including a Lester Lohr, L-o-h-r, Keith Lohr, Tammy Lohr, Kayla
    Bash and Robert Deemer.” N.T. PCRA Hr’g, 9/8/15, at 4. Counsel sent a
    subpoena to each witness.      Id. at 5.    The subpoena for Mr. Deemer was
    returned indicating he had been released from Westmoreland County Prison,
    his last known address.     Id.   Counsel stated that Tammy Lohr was not
    present. His “understanding there may be some warrant against her which
    would explain her failure to appear.” Id.       The PCRA court stated that it
    was not going to give Counsel more time to procure the witnesses and
    indicated that he “made a good faith opportunity to subpoena the people
    your client wanted.”      Id. at 6.        Following an off-the-record sidebar
    discussion and a recess, the hearing proceeded. Id.
    Lester Francis Lohr testified at the hearing that Tammy Lohr was in the
    hospital in Pittsburgh at the time of the traffic stop. Id. at 8.
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    [The Commonwealth]: Sir, were you by any chance
    present at the hospital with Tammy Lohr when police
    communicated with her about this investigation?
    A: No, I was not.
    Id. at 10.
    Keith Lawrence Lohr, Jr. testified that Appellant was with his wife after
    they were no longer together. Id. at 11.
    [Defense Counsel]: You’re aware that charges were filed
    against [Appellant]?
    A: Yes.
    Q: Around the time that [Appellant] received those
    charges, do you know what was going on with Tammy
    medically?
    A: I know she has Crohn’s Disease. That’s about it.
    *     *      *
    Q: Were you familiar with Tammy having to go to the
    hospital for any reason?
    A: Um, she made multiple trips to the hospital all the time.
    Q: Were there any times where she was there for an
    extended period of time?
    A: I think there was one time she was in for, like, two or
    three days, something like that.
    Q: Would that have been around the time you heard about
    charges being filed against [Appellant]?
    A: I’m not sure exactly. She was in multiple times, yeah.
    Q: When she would go to the hospital, are you aware
    whether she was prescribed any medication?
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    A: I was not aware. I had no idea what was going on with
    her.
    Id. at 12-13.
    The PCRA court stated that Lester Lohr
    indicated that Ms. Lohr had been hospitalized at the time
    of [Appellant’s] traffic stop and that she had been
    prescribed pain medication when she was in the hospital.
    However, upon cross examination, Mr. Lohr admitted that
    he was not present at the hospital with Tammy Lohr when
    police communicated with her about the investigation.
    Keith Lohr, Tammy Lohr’s estranged husband, also
    testified on September 8, 2015, but did not recall whether
    she was hospitalized around the time of the traffic stop nor
    [sic] if she was prescribed any medication. No evidence
    was adduced at the PCRA hearing which showed Tammy
    Lohr to be rendered incapable of granting the consent that
    she had granted to search [Appellant’s] vehicle. Thus,
    there is no merit to this allegation.
    Op. & Order, 9/16/15, at 10-11 (citations omitted). We agree no relief is
    due.
    The underlying claim does not have arguable merit and thus, counsel
    cannot be deemed ineffective. See Charleston, 
    94 A.3d at 1018-19
    .
    Lastly, Appellant contends the prosecutor misrepresented the evidence
    of the 303.42 grams of waste by-product in Item 2.1 of the Lab Report.
    Appellant’s Brief at 20.   Appellant avers
    [i]n the case at bar the substance is NOT product, it is
    303.42 grams of a leftover by-product that happens to
    contain a minute, trace amount of methamphetamine. In
    fact, the substance in possession of [A]ppellant is a toxic,
    poisonous, and hazardous substance incapable of being
    ingested or further processed into a “usable” controlled
    substance.
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    *     *      *
    [A]ppellant in the case at bar possessed more waste by-
    product than usable methamphetamine, yet the weight
    (303.42 grams) of this poisonous, toxic substance is what
    got him the 3-6 years . . . . He was only in possession of
    1.29 grams of “usable” methamphetamine. (Item 2.6).[10]
    Id. at 21. Appellant concludes “this evidence was misrepresented [by the
    prosecutor] as 100% methamphetamine.” Id.
    As a prefatory matter, we consider whether this claim is waived. In
    Commonwealth v. Fletcher, 
    986 A.2d 759
     (Pa. 2009), our Pennsylvania
    Supreme Court opined that the
    [a]ppellant’s claim that appellate counsel was ineffective
    for not arguing on appeal that the prosecutor misled the
    trial court by stating that Dr. Park was out of the country
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    We note that in his pro se PCRA petition, Appellant averred that his
    sentence was illegal because he “only had 1.29g in possession.” Pro se
    PCRA Pet., 1/2/15, at 7. In the No Merit Letter in Support of Petition to
    Withdraw as Counsel, Counsel states “[c]ontrary to [Appelllant’s] assertion
    in his pro se PCRA that he was only in possession of 1.29g, the lab report
    clearly shows a total amount of 304.71g.”     No Merit Letter, 1/26/15, at 6.
    The lab report was attached to the no merit letter. See 
    id.
     at Ex. A.
    The PCRA court opined:
    Further, PCRA counsel considered the sentencing
    guidelines that apply to this case to determine whether
    [guilty plea counsel] gave [Appellant] incorrect information
    to induce him to enter a plea or provided [Appellant] with
    incorrect information.    As [PCRA counsel] points out,
    although [Appellant] asserts that he was only in
    possession of 1.29g of methamphetamine, the lab report,
    which [PCRA counsel] attached to the No Merit Letter,
    clearly shows a total amount of 304.71g.
    Op. & Order, 9/16/15, at 8.
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    and not available to testify entitles him to no relief because
    the claim was not raised in his PCRA petition. Thus,
    pursuant to Pa.R.A.P. 302(a), [the a]ppellant is not
    entitled to review of this claim because it was raised for
    the first time in this appeal.
    Id. at 794 (emphasis added).
    In Bedell, this Court addressed the issue of whether the appellant had
    waived an issue raised on appeal.
    In his second claim, Bedell contends that his counsel
    was ineffective for failing to object to the defective plea
    colloquy.    Bedell argues that his plea was unknowing
    because of the defective colloquy.         Specifically, Bedell
    asserts that the trial court’s recitation of the rights that he
    would be foregoing by pleading guilty was confusing and
    that counsel did not ascertain whether he understood the
    rights that he was waiving.
    We deem this claim waived for the purposes of this
    appeal because Bedell did not specifically raise an issue
    related to the colloquy in his PCRA Petition. Indeed, Bedell
    only raised claims related to the factual basis of the
    robbery conviction in the Petition. As this claim was
    never raised before the PCRA court, it cannot be raised for
    the first time on appeal. See Pa.R.A.P. 302(a) (stating
    that “[i]ssues not raised in the lower court are waived and
    cannot be raised for the first time on appeal.”);
    Commonwealth v. Edmiston, [ ] 
    851 A.2d 883
    , 889
    ([Pa.] 2004) (reiterating that “[c]laims not raised in the
    PCRA court are waived and cannot be raised for the first
    time on appeal[.]”).
    Bedell, 
    954 A.2d at 1216
     (some citations omitted and emphasis added).
    In his pro se response to the PCRA court’s Rule 907 notice of intent to
    dismiss, Appellant stated in a letter to the PCRA court:
    Also a key point I forgot there was only 1.29 grams of
    usable methamphetamine the “other” was an unknown
    mixture of trash in a bag labeled waste (labeled by me)
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    that could not have contained a visible amount of
    methamphetamine. Therefore 1.29 grams is consistent
    with personal possession and not an intent to distribute
    there were no broken down bags or separate packages
    Just a scale with residue that I used to weigh out my doses
    before injection.
    Pro Se Resp. to Notice of Intent to Dismiss, 3/18/15, at 1.
    Analogously, in the instant case, Appellant only raised claims related
    to the factual basis of his PWID conviction. See Bedell, 
    954 A.2d at 1216
    .
    He did not raise the issue that the prosecutor misrepresented the evidence
    of the 303.42 grams of waste by-product in Item 2.1 of the Lab Report. See
    Fletcher, 986 A.2d at 794. Therefore, this issue is waived. See Pa.R.A.P.
    302(a); Fletcher, 986 A.2d at 794; Bedell, 
    954 A.2d at 1216
    . Accordingly,
    we affirm the order of the PCRA court denying Appellant’s PCRA petition.
    Order affirmed.
    Judgment Entered.
    Joseph D. Seletyn, Esq.
    Prothonotary
    Date:8/24/2016
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