COMMONWEALTH v. STONE


437 Pa. 496 (1970)

Commonwealth v. Stone, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

April 16, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Dean, Assistant Public Defender, and George H. Ross, Public Defender, for appellant.

Carol Mary Los, Assistant District Attorney, and Robert W. Duggan, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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


OPINION PER CURIAM, April 16, 1970:

Petitioner's counsel in the Superior Court filed no brief and has filed an inadequate petition for allowance of appeal with this Court. This is not the "representation in the role of an advocate" which we require. See Ellis v. United States, 356 U.S. 674, 675, 78 S.Ct. 974, 2 L. Ed. 2d 1060 (1958); Commonwealth v. Stein, 436 Pa...

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