Commonwealth v. Haywood

Opinion

Per Curiam,

Petitioner filed a pro se petition for allocatur in which he seeks review of the order of the Superior Court affirming denial of his claimed PCHA rights. The petition cites no reasons in support of this request for allocatur. Petitioner’s appointed counsel has filed a “supplementary petition for allocatur” in which he seeks the allowance of an appeal for “those reasons and grounds set out by the appellant in his petition for allowance of an appeal.” Such a petition utterly fails to comport with our requirement of “representation in the role of an advocate.” Commonwealth v.…