COMMONWEALTH v. DAVIS


222 Pa.Super. 430 (1972)

Commonwealth v. Davis, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

September 26, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morton B. Weinstein, and Weinstein and Factor, for appellant.

James Garrett and Milton M. Stein, Assistant District Attorneys, James D. Crawford, Deputy District Attorney, Richard A. Sprague, First Assistant District Attorney, and Arlen Specter, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before WRIGHT, P.J., WATKINS, JACOBS, HOFFMAN, SPAULDING, CERCONE, and PACKEL, JJ.


OPINION PER CURIAM, September 26, 1972:

Order affirmed.

DISSENTING OPINION BY PACKEL, J.:

At the commencement of a trial in 1954, the judge appointed a voluntary defender to represent the appellant who, along with three others, was being tried for seven aggravated robberies. The voluntary defender promptly asked for a continuance so that he could interview the defendants and prepare a defense. The request was denied. The defendant testified as to his...

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