Com. ex rel. Pursell v. Morgan

• Decision Date: 10 November 1992
• Citation: Com. ex rel. Pursell v. Morgan, 615 A.2d 732, 532 Pa. 296 (Pa. 1992)
• Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, ex rel. Alan PURSELL, Relator, Appellant, v. James M. MORGAN, Warden at Western Penitentiary, and William R. Cunningham, District Attorney, Appellees.
• Court: Pennsylvania Supreme Court

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615 A.2d 732

532 Pa. 296

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, ex rel. Alan PURSELL, Relator, Appellant, v.James M. MORGAN, Warden at Western Penitentiary, and William R. Cunningham, District Attorney, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Submitted Sept. 22, 1992.

Decided Nov. 10, 1992.

AppealNo. 101Western District Appeal Docket1991 from the Orders of the Court of Common Pleas of Erie County, dated June 4, 1991 and June 10, 1991, at No. 2188 A 1991, denying the Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus Ad Subjiciendum, and the Petition for Appointment of Counsel.

Alan Pursell, pro se.

William A. Cunningham, Dist. Atty., Kenneth A. Zak, Asst. Dist. Atty., Erie, for appellees.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, ZAPPALA, PAPADAKOS and CAPPY, JJ.

ORDER

PER CURIAM.

The appeal in the above-captioned case is hereby dismissed without prejudice.The trial court is ordered to proceed with the appellant's presently pending, counseled Petition pursuant to the Post-Conviction Relief Act.

LARSEN, J., notes his dissent.