Groff v. Township of Elizabeth

Opinion by

Judge Wilkinson, Jr.,

Appellant was found guilty by the trial court, sitting without a jury, after a trial de novo, of the violation of .Section 1406 of the Elizabeth Township Zoning Ordinance (parking or storing of automotive vehicles without current license plates and/or current inspection stickers). Appellant was unrepresented at the trial and is unrepresented in this appeal. His appeal is based solely on his right to court-appointed counsel at the de novo trial for this summary offense.

Appellant would be entitled to court-appointed counsel under Buie 316(a) of the Pennsylvania…