Commonwealth v. Harris
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
KELLY, Judge:
Counsel appointed to represent appellant, Donald Harris, on appeal from an order denying appellant’s petition for post-conviction relief, has filed what purports to be an *208Anders brief and seeks permission to withdraw as counsel. Though we find counsel’s purported Anders brief deficient in several respects, we nonetheless grant withdrawal and affirm the order denying post-conviction relief. We do so based on our conclusions that administrative rather than substantive interests were prejudiced by the deficiencies in the Anders brief submitted, and that further delay of the…
2Cases cited26 opinions
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