COM. ex rel. CARTER v. MYERS.


205 Pa.Super. 478 (1965)

Commonwealth ex rel. Carter, Appellant, v. Myers.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

June 17, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mervyn Carter, appellant, in propria persona.

Richard A. Devlin, Assistant District Attorney, and Richard S. Lowe, District Attorney, for appellee.

Before RHODES, P.J., ERVIN, WRIGHT, WOODSIDE, WATKINS, MONTGOMERY, and FLOOD, JJ.


OPINION BY FLOOD, J., June 17, 1965:

The relator attacks the validity of his sentence (for firearms violation) of six to twenty-four months imposed by Judge GROSHENS upon the ground that he was not represented by counsel and did not intelligently waive counsel. The writ was dismissed by the court below and this court remanded for a hearing in the light of Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 U.S. 335 (1963). Following that hearing the court...

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