Case Name: Commonwealth v. Brown, Appellant
Court: Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1971-05-20
Citations: 218 Pa. Super. 303
Docket Number: Appeal, No. 25
Parties: Commonwealth v. Brown, Appellant.
Judges: Before Wright, P. J., Watkins, Montgomery, Jacobs, Hofpman, Spaulding, and Cercone, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania Superior Court Reports
Volume: 218
Pages: 303–304

Head Matter:
Commonwealth v. Brown, Appellant.
Submitted March 8, 1971.
Before Wright, P. J., Watkins, Montgomery, Jacobs, Hofpman, Spaulding, and Cercone, JJ.
Thomas G. Zerbe, Jr., Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.
Jerome T. Foerster, Assistant District Attorney, LeRoy 8. Zimmerman, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.
May 20, 1971:

Opinion:
Opinion
Per Curiam,
Appellant filed a PCHA petition in the court below attacking the validity of his guilty plea. The PCHA court granted petitioner the right to appeal, but did not pass upon the validity of the guilty plea. In such cases, the POHA court should permit an amended petition, setting forth all claims petitioner wishes to raise with respect to his conviction and sentence, and proceed to hear them if nonfrivolous and not clearly refuted by the record. Commonwealth v. Lowery, 438 Pa. 89, 263 A. 2d 332 (1970).
Order reversed and the record remanded for proceedings consistent with this opinion.
Weight, P. J., dissents.