Legal Opinion
Smith v. Board of Probation & Parole
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 25, 1990No. 34 E.D. Appeal Docket 1989PublishedCited by 106 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
NIX, Chief Justice.
This appeal, one of six such appeals consolidated for our review, asks that we consider the propriety of an order of the Commonwealth Court assessing attorney’s fees and costs against appointed counsel for prosecuting what the court determined to be a frivolous appeal. For the following reasons, we uphold the authority of the Commonwealth Court to issue such an order. Therefore, we affirm the order in the instant case. The following facts are pertinent to the instant inquiry.
On January 25, 1985, appellant Pernell Smith was convicted of robbery and sentenced to a term…
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