OPINION BY KELLY, J.:
¶ 1 Appellant, Christy Blackham, appeals pro se from the judgment of sentence entered in the Butler County Court of Common Pleas. We hold that an indigent defendant, charged with a summary offense punishable by imprisonment, is not entitled to counsel where the court predetermines that a sentence of imprisonment is unlikely, and no term of imprisonment is imposed after conviction. Accordingly, we affirm.
¶ 2 On March...
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