COMMONWEALTH v. ATKINS


233 Pa.Super. 202 (1975)

Commonwealth v. Atkins, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

March 31, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry H. Denker, and Shuman, Denker & Land, for appellant.

Stewart J. Greenleaf and J. David Bean, Assistant District Attorneys, William T. Nicholas, First Assistant District Attorney, and Milton O. Moss, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before WATKINS, P.J., JACOBS, HOFFMAN, CERCONE, PRICE, VAN DER VOORT, and SPAETH, JJ.


OPINION BY HOFFMAN, J., March 31, 1975:

Appellant contends that she was not afforded due process of law because the trial judge's refusal to grant her request for a continuance compelled her to act as her own attorney.

The appellant was arrested on November 1, 1973, and charged with two counts of retail theft and one count of criminal conspiracy. A preliminary hearing was held on November 8, 1973, at which...

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