Morrison v. Commonwealth, Pennsylvania Board of Probation & Parole

DOYLE, Judge.

Before us for our consideration is a petition for leave to withdraw as appointed counsel filed by the Luzerne County Public Defender (Counsel) pursuant to Anders v, California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967), and Commonwealth v. McClendon, 495 Pa. 467, 434 A.2d 1185 (1981). Counsel was appointed by this Court to represent Paul L. Morrison, an indigent prisoner incarcerated at the State Correctional Institution at Dallas.

Morrison was paroled by the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole (Board) on July 14, 1987 from a four and one-half to nine-year sentence…