Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Opara
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 29, 1976No. Appeal, 1428PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Spaeth, J.,
This is an appeal from an order of the trial court directing appellant to pay the City of Philadelphia the sum of $750 as reimbursement for counsel fees. The order is vacated as being without authority, failing to comply with Pa.R.Crim.P. 1405(a) and 1407(c), violative of appellant’s right to due process of law as guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment, and unnecessarily chilling the right to counsel guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment and made applicable to the states through the Fourteenth.
Appellant was arrested on January 5, 1974, and charged with driving under the…
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