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COM. v. TOWNES

300 Pa.Super. 544 (1982)

446 A.2d 1293

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Ronald TOWNES, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed June 18, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Golin, Lancaster, for appellant.

Michael H. Ranck, District Attorney, Lancaster, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before CERCONE, President Judge, and HESTER and WIEAND, JJ.

CERCONE, President Judge:

Appellant, Ronald S. Townes, takes this appeal from the lower court's dismissal, without a hearing, of appellant's petition under the Post Conviction Hearing Act (PCHA).* We find that the court erred in dismissing this petition without first appointing counsel to represent appellant in this matter.

On July 15, 1977, appellant entered a plea of guilty...

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