Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1975

Commonwealth v. Cochran

Commonwealth v. Cochran
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Decided February 24, 1975
460 Pa. 399; 333 A.2d 786

Commonwealth v. Cochran

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

And now to wit this 24th day of February, 1975, it is hereby ordered and decreed that allocatur in the above-captioned matters is granted limited to the issue of the denial of the right to a counseled appeal, and the cases are remanded to the trial court for an evidentiary hearing in accordance with the Act of January 25, 1966, P.L. (1965) 1580, § 9, 19 P.S. § 1180-9, to determine whether petitioners knowingly and intelligently waived this right. See Commonwealth v. Wilson, 430 Pa. 1, 241 A.2d 760 (1968).

It is so ordered.

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