Commonwealth v. Dale

STRANAHAN, Judge:

Appellant, Thomas George Dale, was charged with burglary, 1 theft by unlawful taking, 2 receiving stolen property, 3 criminal conspiracy, 4 and two counts of corruption of minors. 5 The office of the Public Defender, which had represented appellant on several prior, unrelated cases, was again assigned as counsel. Appellant was represented by the same assistant public defender on at least three previous occasions and was to be represented by him on the present case. On December 7, 1977, appellant, with counsel, appeared before the Honorable Forrest G. Schaeffer, Berks County…