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COMMONWEALTH v. VELASQUEZ

437 Pa. 262 (1970)

Commonwealth v. Velasquez, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

March 20, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard Turner, for appellant.

Martin H. Belsky and James D. Crawford, Assistant District Attorneys, Richard A. Sprague, First Assistant District Attorney, and Arlen Specter, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS, March 20, 1970:

On September 16, 1965, appellant appeared in court for his trial on a murder indictment. When the case was called appellant's privately retained counsel requested leave to withdraw, and requested that the case be continued "for a date certain" to allow appellant time to obtain new counsel. These requests were made because appellant wished to proceed to trial, while counsel felt that appellant should plead guilty. The...

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