Commonwealth v. Holmes

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania January 30, 1981

Commonwealth v. Holmes, 492 Pa. 274 (Pa. 1981)

424 A.2d 504; 1981 Pa. LEXIS 787

Brien, Flaherty, Kaufmann, Larsen, Nix, Roberts

Opinion of the Court

*275ORDER

PER CURIAM.

Order Affirmed.

ROBERTS, J., filed a dissenting opinion in which O’BRIEN, C. J., joined.

Dissenting Opinion

ROBERTS, Justice

(dissenting).

For the reasons set forth by Mr. Justice Nix, speaking for this Court in Commonwealth v. Fiero, 462 Pa. 409, 341 A.2d 448 (1975), by Mr. Justice (now Chief Justice) O’Brien, for the Court in Commonwealth v. Scott, 469 Pa. 381, 366 A.2d 225 (1976), and by this writer, for the Court in Commonwealth v. Sangricco, 490 Pa. 126, 415 A.2d 65 (1980), I would vacate the order of the PCHA court dismissing appellant’s uncounseled PCHA petition without a hearing and remand for counselled proceedings consistent with the above Opinions of the Court.

O’BRIEN, C. J., joins in this dissenting opinion.

Reference

Full Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Edward Lewis HOLMES, Jr.
Status: Published