Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Stein

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 18, 1969No. 3162-A Miscellaneous DocketPublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

Per Curiam,

Appellant’s counsel in the Superior Court filed a brief which consisted of a xeroxed copy of a ten page “brief” prepared by appellant himself. Counsel attached to this a memorandum requesting the Superior Court to “peruse and consider said document with the same attention as if it were prepared by counsel learned in the law.” Counsel also added a short “further argument” based on appellant’s original uncounseled POTT A petition. The argument does little more than refer the court to several pages of appellant’s hand-drawn brief and hand-drawn PCHA petition.

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2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Ellis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
  2. Commonwealth v. StancellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1969
  3. Commonwealth v. McFallSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1969
  4. Commonwealth v. SteinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1969

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. SullivanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  2. Commonwealth v. MurraySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
  3. Commonwealth v. StoneSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1970
  4. Commonwealth v. MurraySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
  5. Commonwealth v. Rockwell, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Warren County1974

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