Commonwealth v. Saranchak

Justice CASTILLE dissenting.

In response to an application for reargument filed by the Federal Court Division of the Defender Association of Philadelphia (“Federal Defender”), Saranchak’s former counsel, the Court orders the PCRA court to conduct yet another colloquy with Saranchak to determine the veracity of his unsworn declaration attached to the application, as well as Saranchak’s “present intentions” with respect to the pursuit of post-conviction relief and reinstatement of the Federal Defender as his counsel. The Court’s order necessarily assumes that the allegation that Saranchak…