Commonwealth v. Palmer
Commonwealth v. Palmer
Opinion of the Court
This is an appeal from an order dismissing a petition under the Post Conviction Hearing Act. 19 P.S. § 1180-1 et seq. The issue (generally stated) in the petition was whether appellant’s trial counsel had been effective. During the hearing, appellant testified in a disrespectful manner in that he vilified the court, and refused to answer questions put by his own counsel. Thereupon, the hearing judge quite properly summarily found appel
Therefore, the order dismissing the petition is vacated and the record remanded so that the hearing on the petition may be completed by the admission into evidence of the testimony of appellant’s trial counsel; appellant himself shall not be permitted to testify again.
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