Case Name: Commonwealth v. Rought, Petitioner (No. 2)
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1968-08-22
Citations: 431 Pa. 164
Docket Number: No. 107
Parties: Commonwealth v. Rought, Petitioner (No. 2).
Judges: Before Bell, C. J., Musmanno, Jones, Cohen, Eagen, O’Brien and Roberts, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 431
Pages: 164–165

Head Matter:
Commonwealth v. Rought, Petitioner (No. 2).
Before Bell, C. J., Musmanno, Jones, Cohen, Eagen, O’Brien and Roberts, JJ.
Walter J. Bought, Jr., appellant, in propria persona.
John B. Morgan, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.
August 22, 1968:

Opinion:
Opinion
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 Quarter Sessions of Wyoming 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. Superior Ct. 206, 240 A. 2d 384 (1968) (Hoffman, J. and Hannum, J., joined in 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.