Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 2014

Mays v. Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia

Mays v. Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Decided February 5, 2014
85 A.3d 466; 624 Pa. 285; 2014 WL 444227; 2014 Pa. LEXIS 350 (Atlantic Reporter, Third Series)

Mays v. Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia

Opinion of the Court

ORDER

PER CURIAM.

AND NOW, this 5th day of February, 2014, the Application for Leave to File Original Process and the Petition for Writ of Mandamus, treated as an Application for Relief, are GRANTED. Appointed counsel has failed to represent Petitioner in the absence of a court order granting him leave to withdraw as counsel, thereby compromising Petitioner’s appellate rights. *467The Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County is directed to appoint new counsel to Petitioner within 14 days of this order. The trial court shall provide notice of the appointment order to this Court within 5 days of issuing that order.

The Prothonotary is directed to provide notice of this Court’s order to the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office and Anthony J. Voci, Esquire. The Prothonotary is also directed to strike the name of the jurist from the caption.

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