Commonwealth v. Patterson

OPINION BY

KELLY, J.:

¶ 1 Appellant files this pro se appeal from the judgment of sentence entered June 2, 2006, in the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas, following a violation of probation (VOP) hearing. 1 We hold that a defendant who seeks to retain private counsel must receive proper notice of the date by which counsel must enter his appearance. Accordingly, we vacate and remand.

¶ 2 Appellant was sentenced on a number of crimes in 1992 and 1994. While released on probation, Appellant was arrested for and convicted of fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer and reckless…