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Com. v. Finley

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Apr 23, 1986
507 A.2d 822 (Pa. 1986)

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.

Summary of this case from Public Defender Comm. v. Greene County

Opinion

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.


Summaries of

Com. v. Finley

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Apr 23, 1986
507 A.2d 822 (Pa. 1986)

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.

Summary of this case from Public Defender Comm. v. Greene County
Case details for

Com. v. Finley

Case Details

Full title:COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Dorothy FINLEY, Appellee

Court:Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Date published: Apr 23, 1986

Citations

507 A.2d 822 (Pa. 1986)
507 A.2d 822

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