Commonwealth v. Stein
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
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
- Ellis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Commonwealth v. StancellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1969
- Commonwealth v. McFallSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1969
- Commonwealth v. SteinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1969
3Cited by7 opinions
- Commonwealth v. SullivanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
- Commonwealth v. MurraySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
- Commonwealth v. StoneSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1970
- Commonwealth v. MurraySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
- Commonwealth v. Rockwell, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Warren County1974
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