Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. William E. FEREBEE, Appellant
Court: Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1979-06-15
Citations: 267 Pa. Super. 174
Docket Number: No. 2320
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. William E. FEREBEE, Appellant.
Judges: Before JACOBS, President Judge, and HOFFMAN, CER-CONE, PRICE, VAN der VOORT, SPAETH and HESTER, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania Superior Court Reports
Volume: 267
Pages: 174–175

Head Matter:
406 A.2d 574
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. William E. FEREBEE, Appellant.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania.
Submitted March 29, 1978.
Decided June 15, 1979.
Joseph T. Kelley, Jr., Philadelphia, for appellant.
Robert B. Lawler, Assistant District Attorney, Chief, Appeals Division, Philadelphia, for Commonwealth, appellee.
Before JACOBS, President Judge, and HOFFMAN, CER-CONE, PRICE, VAN der VOORT, SPAETH and HESTER, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
This is an appeal from the order of the court below dismissing appellant's uncounselled Post Conviction Hearing Act petition without a hearing.
The order is reversed and the case remanded with instructions to the lower court to determine whether appellant is indigent, and if so, to appoint counsel to assist him with his PCHA petition. See Commonwealth v. Blair, 470 Pa. 598, 369 A.2d 1153 (1977); Commonwealth v. Bradley, 470 Pa. 602, 369 A.2d 1155 (1977); Commonwealth v. High, 260 Pa.Super. 120, 393 A.2d 1041 (1978); Commonwealth v. Brochu, 249 Pa.Super. 526, 378 A.2d 420 (1977).
JACOBS, former President Judge, did not participate in the consideration or decision of this case.
Act of January 25, 1966, P.L. (1965) 1580, 19 P.S. § 1180-1 et seq.