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PUB. DEF. OFFICE v. VENANGO CTY. CT. OF COM. PL.

893 A.2d 1275 (2006)

PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE OF VENANGO COUNTY, Petitioner v. VENANGO COUNTY COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 24, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jason Richard Lewis, for Public Defender's Office of Venango County, petitioner.

Pamela R. Logsdon, for the Com. of PA, respondent.

David Michael Donaldson, Philadelphia, for Venango County Court of Common Pleas, respondent.

BEFORE: CAPPY, C.J., CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN, SAYLOR, EAKIN and BAER, JJ.

OPINION

Justice BAER.

At issue is whether the Venango County Court of Common Pleas may order a public defender acting in his official capacity (as opposed to having been privately appointed with compensation additional to his public defender salary) to serve as standby counsel for a pro se criminal defendant, who previously had been denied public defender representation because his annual income exceeded the financial guidelines established...

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