COMMONWEALTH v. THOMPSON


431 Pa. 161 (1968)

Commonwealth v. Thompson, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

August 22, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond E. Thompson, appellant, in propria persona.

Alan J. Davis, Assistant District Attorney, and Arlen Specter, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before BELL, C.J., MUSMANNO, JONES, COHEN, EAGEN, O'BRIEN and ROBERTS, JJ.


OPINION PER CURIAM, August 22, 1968:

The petition for allowance of appeal is granted. The order of the Superior Court is vacated, and the record is remanded to the Court of Quarter Sessions of Philadelphia County for appointment of counsel on appeal to the Superior Court in accordance with the dissenting opinion of Judge SPAULDING in Commonwealth v. Hoffman, 212 Pa.Super. 206, 240 A.2d 384 (1968) (HOFFMAN, J. and HANNUM...

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