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COM. v. TURNER

518 Pa. 491 (1988)

544 A.2d 927

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Geary TURNER, Appellant. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Geary TURNER, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 27, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Geary Turner, pro se.

Gaele McLaughlin Barthold, Deputy Dist. Atty., Ronald Eisenberg, Chief, Appeals Div., Laurie Magid, Philadelphia, for appellee.

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

OPINION OF THE COURT

FLAHERTY, Justice.

This case requires us to set forth the appropriate procedures for the withdrawal of court-appointed counsel in collateral attacks on criminal convictions. We deem it advisable to establish a procedure which is less cumbersome than that set forth in Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967) and Commonwealth v. McClendon, 495...

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