Commonwealth v. Albertson

Although I agree with the majority that appellant was incorrectly sentenced on the attempted burglary charge, I should go further and grant appellant a new trial because, *515when he pleaded guilty, he was deprived of his right to effective counsel.1

The majority correctly notes that in Commonwealth v. Kauffman, 258 Pa.Super. 183, 392 A.2d 745 (1978), we held that if it would have been a conflict of interest for one public defender to represent more than one defendant, it would have been equally a conflict for two or more public defenders from the same office to do so. The majority then goes on,…