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492 Pa. 274

Commonwealth v. Holmes

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 30, 1981

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · decided 1981-01-30

Relies on Commonwealth v. Fiero · Commonwealth v. Sangricco · Commonwealth v. Scott

Decided 1981-01-30

¶1*275ORDER

PER CURIAM.

¶2Order Affirmed.

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

¶3(dissenting).

¶4For 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.
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