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Com. ex rel. Brown v. Maroney

Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Apr 5, 1968
240 A.2d 79 (Pa. Super. Ct. 1968)

Opinion

Submitted March 11, 1968.

April 5, 1968.

Habeas corpus. Appeal, No. 12, March T., 1968, from order of Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County, Jan. T., 1966, No. 946, opinion by KREIDER, P.J. Submitted March 11, 1968.

Jerome Brown, appellant, in propria persona; Jerome T. Foerster, Assistant District Attorney, and LeRoy S. Zimmerman, District Attorney, for appellee.


The order of the Court of Common Pleas is reversed and the record remitted with directions to appoint counsel for appellant and to hold an evidentiary hearing to afford appellant an opportunity to establish the truth of the allegations contained in his petition. See Commonwealth ex rel. West v. Myers, 423 Pa. 1, 222 A.2d 918 (1966).

WRIGHT, P.J., would affirm the order below.


Summaries of

Com. ex rel. Brown v. Maroney

Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Apr 5, 1968
240 A.2d 79 (Pa. Super. Ct. 1968)
Case details for

Com. ex rel. Brown v. Maroney

Case Details

Full title:Commonwealth ex rel. Brown, Appellant, v. Maroney

Court:Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Date published: Apr 5, 1968

Citations

240 A.2d 79 (Pa. Super. Ct. 1968)
212 Pa. Super. 704