Commonwealth v. Sweeney

BROSKY, Judge:

This is an appeal from an Order denying appellant permission to withdraw as appellate counsel for John T. Sweeney. 1

The issue presented by appellant is whether the trial court abused its discretion in refusing appellant’s motion to withdraw as appellate counsel after he assisted Sweeney in filing a Notice of Appeal, where Sweeney only retained appellant for the pretrial and trial stages and where Sweeney was indigent and could not afford appellant to represent him on appeal. We agree with appellant that the trial court abused its discretion in refusing to permit him to withdraw…