435 Pa. 586
Decided November 4, 1969
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · decided 1969-11-04
Relies on Commonwealth v. Stancell
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Decided 1969-11-04
Cited by 3 later decisions — most recently March 1982
2 state decisions
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¶1 Opinion
¶2 Petitioner was convicted of robbery and he appealed to the Superior Court, which affirmed. A petition for allocatur followed. The petition was prepared by petitioner; counsel has merely furnished a backer and a typist. This is clearly not the “representation in the role of an advocate” which we require. Commonwealth v. Stancell, 435 Pa. 301, 256 A. 2d 798 (1969).
¶3 The record is remanded to the hearing court so that counsel can file a proper petition for allocatur.