COM. ex rel. BROWN v. CAVELL


206 Pa.Super. 11 (1965)

Commonwealth ex rel. Brown, Appellant, v. Cavell.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

June 17, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel S. Brown, appellant, in propria persona.

Vincent J. Pepicelli, District Attorney, for appellee.

Before ERVIN, P.J., WRIGHT, WATKINS, MONTGOMERY, JACOBS, and HOFFMAN, JJ. (FLOOD, J., absent).


OPINION BY HOFFMAN, J., June 17, 1965:

This is an appeal from the order of the court below dismissing a petition for writ of habeas corpus without a hearing.

Appellant raises many contentions only one of which contains any merit and warrants consideration. The single difficulty in this case is whether appellant intelligently waived his constitutional right to counsel. The record before us discloses only that appellant signed a statement of waiver prepared...

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