Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1968

Commonwealth v. Hoffman

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Decided August 22, 1968 · Bell, Musmanno, Jones, Cohen, Eagen, O'Bkien, Boberts

431 Pa. 160; 245 A.2d 256; 1968 Pa. LEXIS 603

Cases that cite this one

3 later published cases cite this decision.

Commonwealth v. Harris (Pa. 1989)
Commonwealth v. Foster (Pa. Super. Ct. 1989)
Commonwealth v. Maple (Pa. 1989)

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Opinion

Per Curiam,

The petition for allowance of appeal is granted. The order of the Superior Court is vacated, and the record is remanded to the Court of Oyer and Terminer of Dauphin County for appointment of counsel on appeal to the Superior Court in accordance with the dissenting opinion of Judge Spaulding in Commonwealth v. Hoffman, 212 Pa. Superior Ct. 206, 240 A. 2d 384 (1968) (Hoffman, J. and Hannum, J., joined in this opinion). See also Commonwealth v. Walters, 431 Pa. 74, 79, n.4, 244 A. 2d 757, 761, n.4 (1968); Pa. R. Crim. P. 1503.

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