Commonwealth v. Brown

OPINION BY

POPOVICH, J.:

¶ 1 This is an appeal from the order entered on February 3, 2003, in the Court of Common Pleas, Bucks County, which denied Appellant Herbert E. Brown’s petition for collateral relief pursuant to the Post Conviction Relief Act (PCRA), 42 Pa. C.S.A. §§ 9541-9546. Upon review, we remand for the provision of counsel and the filing of a counseled brief.

¶2 After investigations involving three minor children, the police arrested Appellant and charged him with numerous crimes relating to sexual contact with three minors less than fifteen years of age. On October 12, 2000, the…