Commonwealth v. Reeves

Dissenting Opinion by

Spaulding, J.:

I respectfully dissent.

The majority has disposed of all the issues expressly raised in appellant’s eighteen page holographic prose brief. In my view, however, the very existence of that partly illegible and incomprehensible brief, considered in light of correspondence from counsel and appellant to this Court, raises a further issue: I do not believe appellant has been afforded effective representation of counsel on this appeal.

The Norristown Public Defender, appellant’s court-appointed counsel, has apparently limited his services to the xeroxing of…