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Com, v. Lee

Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Jan 16, 1975
331 A.2d 546 (Pa. Super. Ct. 1975)

Opinion

Submitted September 17, 1974.

January 16, 1975.

Petition for post-conviction relief. Appeal, No. 902, Oct. T., 1974, from order of Court of Common Pleas, Trial Division, of Philadelphia, July T., 1971, No. 1063, opinion by MIRARCHI, JR., J.

Jonathan Miller and John W. Packel, Assistant Defenders, and Vincent J. Ziccardi, Defender, for appellant; Jonathan D. Schiffman, Mark Sendrow, and Steven H. Goldblatt, Assistant District Attorneys, Abraham J. Gafni, Deputy District Attorney, Richard A. Sprague, First Assistant District Attorney, and F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.


Order reversed and record remanded with instructions to appoint counsel to represent the appellant in a post-conviction proceeding at which appellant's eligibility for an evidentiary hearing and/or other relief may be determined. Commonwealth v. Williams, 437 Pa. 526, 263 A.2d 127 (1970).


Summaries of

Com, v. Lee

Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Jan 16, 1975
331 A.2d 546 (Pa. Super. Ct. 1975)
Case details for

Com, v. Lee

Case Details

Full title:Commonwealth v. Lee, Appellant

Court:Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Date published: Jan 16, 1975

Citations

331 A.2d 546 (Pa. Super. Ct. 1975)
331 A.2d 546

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