Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Orellana

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided February 24, 2014PublishedCited by 369 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

WECHT, J.:

Raul Orellana (“Orellana”) appeals from his April 16, 2013 judgment of sentence. We remanded this case to permit the Monroe County Public Defender’s office to file an “Anders/Santiago ’’-compliant brief.1 See Commonwealth v. Orellana, 1423 MDA 2013, slip op. at 5 (Pa.Super. Dec. 30, 2013). On remand, Orellana’s counsel has submitted an Anders brief and filed a petition to withdraw. We deny counsel’s motion. Additionally, we remand, again, due to counsel’s failure to comply with the requirements of Anders/Santiago. Specifically, counsel has identified a potentially…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Anders v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  4. Douglas v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  5. Commonwealth v. SantiagoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2009

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3Cited by369 opinions

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