Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Ford
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided June 16, 1998No. 712 Harrisburg 1997PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OLSZEWSKI, Judge.
Aaron Ford (appellant) appeals from his judgment of sentence entered by the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas following a jury trial. After being tried in absentia and without representation of counsel, appellant was convicted of five counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance and sentenced to 15jé to 33 years incarceration. Appellant claims the trial court erred by allowing his counsel to withdraw three days before trial, by trying him in absentia, and by imposing an excessive sentence. Because we find appellant did not validly waive his right to counsel, we…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Anders v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Commonwealth v. StarrSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
- Commonwealth v. BakerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
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3Cited by24 opinions
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