Commonwealth v. Hoffman

• Decision Date: 22 August 1968
• Citation: Commonwealth v. Hoffman, 431 Pa. 160, 245 A.2d 256 (Pa. 1968)
• Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Richard U. T. HOFFMAN, Appellant.
• Court: Pennsylvania Supreme Court

245 A.2d 256

431 Pa. 160

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Richard U. T. HOFFMAN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

August 22, 1968.

Richard U. T. Hoffman, in pro. per.

Jerome T. Foerster, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harrisburg, for appellee. OPINION OF THE COURT

PER CURIAM:

The petition for allowance of appeal is granted. The order of the Superior Court is vacated, and the record is remanded to the Court of Oyer and Terminer of Dauphin County for appointment of counsel on appeal to the Superior Court in accordance with the dissenting opinion of Judge Spaulding in Commonwealth v. Hoffman, 212 Pa.Super. 206, 240 A.2d 384 (1968) (Hoffman, J. and Hannum, J., joined this opinion). See also Commonwealth v. Walters, 431 Pa. 74, 79 n. 4, 244 A.2d 757, 761 n. 4 (1968); Pa.R.Crim.P. 1503, 19 P.S. Appendix.