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Commonwealth v. Trotter

Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Oct 9, 1975
345 A.2d 720 (Pa. Super. Ct. 1975)

Opinion

Submitted December 6, 1974.

October 9, 1975.

Petition for post-conviction relief. Before DOTY, J. Appeal, No. 988, Oct. T., 1974, from order of Court of Common Pleas, Trial Division, of Philadelphia, April T., 1951, No. 220. Submitted December 6, 1974.

Joseph M. Miller and John W. Packel, Assistant Defenders, and Benjamin Lerner, Defender, for appellant; Suzanne Balen Ercole, Mark Sendrow, and Steven H. Goldblatt, Assistant District Attorneys, Abraham J. Gafni, Deputy District Attorney, and F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.


The decision of the lower court in denying relief under the Post Conviction Hearing Act is reversed and the record is remanded to the court below, permitting appellant to file post-verdict motions, raising all cognizable claims, nunc pro tunc. Commonwealth v. Norman, 447 Pa. 217, 285 A.2d 523 (1971). Such motions are to be filed by appellant within seven (7) days after he has received notice of this order and that the record is in the court below.


Summaries of

Commonwealth v. Trotter

Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Oct 9, 1975
345 A.2d 720 (Pa. Super. Ct. 1975)
Case details for

Commonwealth v. Trotter

Case Details

Full title:Commonwealth v. Trotter, Appellant

Court:Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Date published: Oct 9, 1975

Citations

345 A.2d 720 (Pa. Super. Ct. 1975)
345 A.2d 720

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