Craig v. Commonwealth, Pennsylvania Board of Probation & Parole

Opinion bt

Senior Judge Barbieri,

In this case we are called .upon to assess (whether counsel (appointed under the mandate of Bronson v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole, 491 Pa. 549, 421 A.2d 1021 (1980), cert. denied, 450 U.S. 1050 (1981), to assist .an indigent parolee in appealing a parole revocation order of the Pennsylvania Board of Probation land Parole (Board) has met the requirements of Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967). Specifically, we must consider counsel’s request to withdraw .and determine what, if .any, .rights petitioner' may have as to further representation.

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