JESTER v. BD. OF PROBATION & PAROLE


141 Pa.Commw. 355 (1991)

595 A.2d 748

George JESTER, Petitioner, v. PENNSYLVANIA BOARD OF PROBATION AND PAROLE, Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 22, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Stewart, III, Chief Public Defender of Huntingdon County, for petitioner.

Robert A. Greevy, Chief Counsel, for respondent.

Before CRAIG, President Judge, and DOYLE, COLINS, PALLADINO, McGINLEY, SMITH and PELLEGRINI, JJ.


CRAIG, President Judge.

The issue the court must resolve is whether appointed counsel may withdraw his representation of a petitioner in a parole revocation appeal when the request to withdraw is based solely on petitioner's desire to proceed pro se.

In this case, counsel's petition to withdraw includes a copy of a letter from petitioner to appointed counsel in which petitioner adamantly states that he has a constitutional right to represent himself and that...

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