Com. ex rel. Nowakowski v. Maroney

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  1. Com. ex rel. Wherry v. Maroney

    193 A.2d 839 (Pa. Super. Ct. 1963)   Cited 6 times
    In Commonwealth ex rel. Wherry v. Maroney, 201 Pa. Super. 441, 193 A.2d 839, we held that, if the report is timely made, additional confinement for a reasonable time until sentence can be pronounced does not affect the court's power to invoke the provisions of the statute.

    Appellant's fourth and final contention is that he was deprived of the effective assistance of counsel. It is well settled that a prisoner's dissatisfaction with his representation by counsel does not constitute grounds for the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus unless counsel's conduct was so prejudicial as to constitute a deprivation of due process. See Commonwealth ex rel. Schenk v. Banmiller, 190 Pa. Super. 467, 154 A.2d 320; Commonwealth ex rel. Fritchmanv. Ceraul, 193 Pa. Super. 7, 163 A.2d 311; Commonwealthex rel. Nowakowski v. Maroney, 194 Pa. Super. 24, 166 A.2d 559. Wherry requested counsel on October 6, 1961, at the time sentence was originally imposed. The sentence was thereupon revoked and competent counsel appointed.