Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Norman

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 29, 1971No. Appeal, 39Published

1Opinion of the Court

447 Pa. 217 (1971)

Commonwealth

v.

Norman, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Submitted December 2, 1970.

December 29, 1971.

Before BELL, C.J., JONES, COHEN, EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS and POMEROY, JJ.

Fred I. Noch, Public Defender, for appellant.

Robert I. Van Hoove, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS, December 29, 1971:

Appellant Albert Norman here contests the dismissal of his petition filed pursuant to the Post Conviction Hearing Act[1] in which he alleged he had been denied his right of appeal. The hearing court refused to hear any testimony on whether…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  2. Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  3. Douglas v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  4. Carnley v. CochranSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
  5. Brookhart v. JanisSupreme Court of the United States · 1966

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