Case Name: Commonwealth v. Williams, Appellant
Court: Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1975-09-22
Citations: 236 Pa. Super. 530
Docket Number: Appeal, No. 1304
Parties: Commonwealth v. Williams, Appellant.
Judges: Before Watkins, P. J., Jacobs, Hoffman, Cercone, Price, Van der Voort, and Spaeth, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania Superior Court Reports
Volume: 236
Pages: 530–531

Head Matter:
Commonwealth v. Williams, Appellant.
Submitted December 2, 1974.
Before Watkins, P. J., Jacobs, Hoffman, Cercone, Price, Van der Voort, and Spaeth, JJ.
Thomas D. Watkins, for appellant.
Suzanne Balen Ercole, Mark Sendrow, and Steven H. Goldblatt, Assistant District Attorneys, Abraham J. Gafni, Deputy District Attorney, and F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.
September 22, 1975:

Opinion:
Opinion
per Curiam,
The hearing court denied appellant's petition under the Post Conviction Hearing Act, Act of Jan. 25, 1966, P.L. (1965) 1580, 19 P.S. §1180-1 et seq. (Supp. 1974-75), without either appointing counsel or conducting an evidentiary hearing, or giving petitioner leave to amend. This was error. Commonwealth v. Stull, 439 Pa. 20, 266 A.2d 477 (1970). The court below should appoint counsel to aid appellant in the preparation and prosecution of his petition.
Order reversed and the case remanded with a pro-cedendo.