Tharp v. Commonwealth

On August 26, 1968, defendant Richard Terry Tharp was convicted on each of three indictments for felonies. On the same day, the trial court entered a conviction order on all indictments, but on motion of Tharp’s retained counsel, Ronald J. Berg, Esquire, suspended execution of the order for a period of sixty days to give Tharp an opportunity to apply to this Court for writs of error. .Nothing was done until November 1, 1968, when Tharp filed an affidavit of poverty and the court appointed Berg as his counsel to perfect appeals to this Court.

Counsel presented a petition for a writ of error to…