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COMMONWEALTH v. STEIN

436 Pa. 328 (1969)

Commonwealth v. Stein, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

October 20, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William C. Porter, for petitioner.

Paul M. Petro, Assistant District Attorney, and Jess D. Costa, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before BELL, C.J., JONES, COHEN, EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS and POMEROY, JJ.

OPINION PER CURIAM, October 20, 1969:

The petition for allocatur consists of a xeroxed copy of a letter from petitioner to counsel, requesting counsel to file an allocatur petition. Since such a petition does not accord with counsel's required role as an advocate, see Ellis v. United States, 356 U.S. 674, 675, 78 S.Ct. 974, 975 (1958), the case must be remanded so that counsel may file a proper petition. See Commonwealth v...

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