COM. v. FORTUNE


257 Pa.Super. 30 (1978)

390 A.2d 230

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Ellison FORTUNE, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 12, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Packel, Assistant Public Defender, and Benjamin Lerner, Defender, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Michael R. Stiles and Eric B. Henson, Assistant District Attorneys, and F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, District Attorney, Philadelphia, for Com., appellee.

Before WATKINS, President Judge, and JACOBS, HOFFMAN, CERCONE, PRICE, VAN der VOORT and SPAETH, JJ.


SPAETH, Judge:

Appellate counsel asks leave to withdraw, arguing that she can find no issues on which appellant might reasonably expect to get appellate relief.

In such cases, we are required to make our own "review of the record and brief," Commonwealth v. Liska, 252 Pa.Super. 103, 108, 380 A.2d 1303, 1305 (1977). Doing so here, we find that appellate counsel is mistaken.<...

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