Opinion

Appellant filed a PCHA petition in the court below attaching the validity of his guilty plea. The PCHA court granted petitioner the right to appeal, but did not pass upon the validity of the guilty plea. In such cases, the PCHA court should permit an amended petition, setting forth all claims petitioner wishes to raise with respect to his conviction and sentence, and proceed to hear them if nonfrivolous and not clearly refuted by the record. Commonwealth v. Lowery, 438 Pa. 89, 263 A. 2d 332 (1970).

Order reversed and the record remanded for proceedings consistent with this opinion.