Commonwealth v. Stone

Apr 16, 1970
3082-A, Miscellaneous Docket
Reporters:
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Before:
Bell

Opinion

Per Curiam,

Petitioner’s counsel in the Superior Court filed no brief ‍​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‍and has filed an inadequate petition for allowance of appeal with this Court. This is not the “representation in ‍​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‍the role of an advocate” which we require. See Ellis v. United States, 356 U.S. 674, 675, 78 *498 S. Ct. 974, 2 L. ‍​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‍Ed. 2d 1060 (1958); Commonwealth v. Stein, 436 Pa. 330, 260 A. 2d 467 (1969). Accordingly, the petition for allocatur is granted, the order ‍​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‍of the Superior Court is vacated and the case remanded so that the Superior Court may consider the appeal ‍​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‍upon the filing of a brief properly prepared by counsel.