Commonwealth v. Felder

SPAETH, Judge:

This is an appeal from the denial of a Post Conviction Hearing Act1 petition requesting a new trial and permission to withdraw a guilty plea on the grounds that the plea was unlawfully induced and that appellant was denied effective assistance of counsel.2 We reverse and remand for further proceedings in accordance with the instructions set forth below.

We very much regret the necessity of such an order. The case presents no novel or difficult issue; it should have been routinely and expeditiously disposed of long ago. Instead, appellant was ineffectively represented by counsel…