Commonwealth v. Green

KELLY, Judge:

Court-appointed counsel for the appellant has filed a brief containing a request that she be permitted to withdraw from the case. Because we find that counsel has failed to comply with the minimum requirements of Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967), Commonwealth v. McClendon, 495 Pa. 467, 434 A.2d 1185 (1981), and their progeny, we deny the request.

The instant case has travelled a long and twisted path through the courts of our Commonwealth for the past twelve years. The appellant was arrested on January 5, 1974, and charged with a variety of…