COM. v. PASSARO


504 Pa. 611 (1984)

476 A.2d 346

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent, v. Mario Alan PASSARO, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided May 25, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley J. Wolowski, Greenville, for petitioner.

Samuel J. Orr, IV, Dist. Atty., Mercer County, James P. Epstein, First Asst. Dist. Atty., Mercer, for respondent.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, HUTCHINSON, ZAPPALA and PAPADAKOS, JJ.


OPINION OF THE COURT

NIX, Chief Justice.

The issue before the Court is the entitlement of a convicted defendant whose direct appeal has been quashed in consequence of his escape from custody during the pendency of that appeal to reinstatement of his appeal following his recapture.

The pertinent facts in this matter are not in dispute. Following a successful post-conviction challenge to his guilty plea in connection with a 1974 burglary, petitioner...

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