Superior Court of Pennsylvania, 1940

Commonwealth Ex Rel. Curtis v. Ashe

Superior Court of Pennsylvania · Decided April 9, 1940 · Misc. Docket 136 · PER CURIAM, April 9, 1940:

12 A.2d 500; 139 Pa. Super. 417; 1940 Pa. Super. LEXIS 61 (Atlantic Reporter, Second Series)

Cases that cite this one

9 later published cases cite this decision.

Commonwealth Ex Rel. Goodfellow v. Rundle (Pa. Super. Ct. 1964)
Commonwealth ex rel. Berry v. Ashe (Pa. Super. Ct. 1950)
Commonwealth Ex Rel. Shaw v. Smith, Warden (Pa. Super. Ct. 1942)
Com. Ex Rel. Billings v. Ashe, Warden (Pa. Super. Ct. 1941)
Com. Ex Rel. Slifko v. Ashe, Warden (Pa. Super. Ct. 1941)
Com. Ex Rel. Cook v. Ashe, Warden (Pa. Super. Ct. 1941)
Commonwealth Ex Rel. Campbell v. Ashe, Warden (Pa. Super. Ct. 1940)
Commonwealth Ex Rel. Lucian v. Ashe, Warden (Pa. Super. Ct. 1940)
Commonwealth v. Russek (Chester County Court of Quarter Sessions 1948)

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Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam,

There is no provision in the Bill of Eights in the Constitution of Pennsylvania, nor in the amendments to the Federal Constitution, which requires the court to appoint counsel to defend, or represent, one accused of crime, who enters a plea of guilty to an indictment charging a criminal offense. The case of Commonwealth ex rel. Schultz v. Smith, 139 Pa. Superior Ct. 357, 11 A. 2d 656, has no application to a case where the accused pleads guilty before trial.

The petition is denied.

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