Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Jackson

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 30, 2009No. 2001 MDA 2007, No. 2031 MDA 2007PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

FITZGERALD, J.:

¶ 1 Appellant, Eugene Clinton Jackson, appeals pro se from the order of the Dauphin County Court of Common Pleas, denying his second petition filed pursuant to the Post Conviction Relief Act (PCRA). 1 Appellant has also filed a petition to supplement his brief. We hold that the PCRA court erred when it dismissed appointed counsel sua sponte after the evi-dentiary hearing. Accordingly, we deny Appellant’s petition as moot, but remand for appointment of counsel.

¶2 A previous panel of this Court set forth the relevant procedural history of this case:

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2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. TurnerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
  2. Commonwealth v. FinleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
  3. Commonwealth v. KutnyakSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
  4. Commonwealth v. SmithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
  5. Commonwealth v. KubisSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2002

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3Cited by25 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. StosselSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
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  3. Com. v. Black, T.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2015
  4. Com. v. Brake, K.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2016
  5. Com. v. Byrd, J.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2022

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