Commonwealth v. Sherard

• Decision Date: 07 October 1977
• Citation: 477 Pa. 429,384 A.2d 234
• Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Norvell Lee SHEPARD, Appellant.
• Court: Pennsylvania Supreme Court

384 A.2d 234

477 Pa. 429

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Norvell Lee SHEPARD, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

October 7, 1977

Submitted May 23, 1977.

Daniel R. McGarry, Frederic G. Antoun, Jr., Asst. Public Defenders, for appellant.

Marion E. MacIntyre, Second Asst. Dist. Atty., for appellee.

Before EAGEN, C.J., and O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX, MANDERINO and PACKEL, JJ.

OPINION

PER CURIAM.

The matter is remanded for the appointment of other counsel because the post-conviction petitioner, represented by a public defender, claims ineffective assistance of trial and appellate counsel who were from the office of the public defender. Commonwealth v. Wright, 473 Pa. 395, 374 A.2d 1272(1977).