Summary
In Pennsylvania v. Finley, 481 U.S. 556 (1986), the Court considered whether an inmate was entitled, under state law, to appointed counsel in postconviction proceedings.
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Argued October 23, 1985.
Decided April 23, 1986.
Commonwealth's Appeal No. 14 E.D. Appeal Dkt. 1985, by Permission from the June 22, 1984 Decision of the Superior Court, 330 Pa. Super. 313, 479 A.2d 568 (1984), at No. 2978, Philadelphia, 1982, Remanding for an Evidentiary Hearing under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act as of Nos. 1128-1132, May Session, 1975, Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, Criminal Trial Division; Edward J. Blake, Judge.
Eric B. Henson, Deputy Dist. Atty., Gaele M. Barthold, Chief/Prosecution Appeals, Ann C. Lebowitz, Asst. Dist. Atty., for appellant.
Catherine Harper, for appellee.
Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, HUTCHINSON, ZAPPALA and PAPADAKOS, JJ.
ORDER
Appeal dismissed as having been improvidently granted.