COMMONWEALTH v. STEIN


436 Pa. 330 (1969)

Commonwealth v. Stein, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

December 18, 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, December 18, 1969:

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 PCHA petition...

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