Case Name: Commonwealth ex rel. Johnson, Appellant, v. Myers
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1966-06-24
Citations: 421 Pa. 633
Docket Number: Appeal, No. 233
Parties: Commonwealth ex rel. Johnson, Appellant, v. Myers.
Judges: Before Bell, O. J., Musmanno, Jones, Eagen, O’Beien and Bobeets, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 421
Pages: 633–634

Head Matter:
Commonwealth ex rel. Johnson, Appellant, v. Myers.
Submitted April 19, 1966.
Before Bell, O. J., Musmanno, Jones, Eagen, O’Beien and Bobeets, JJ.
Leonard Johnson, appellant, in propria persona.
Ronald M. McOaskill and Joseph M. Smith, Assistant District Attorneys, and Arlen Specter, District Attorney, for appellee.
June 24, 1966:

Opinion:
Opinion
Pee Cueiam,
In light of the decisions of this Court in Commonwealth ex rel. Cunningham v. Maroney, 421 Pa. 157, 218 A. 2d 811 (1966); Commonwealth ex rel. Branam v. Myers, 420 Pa. 77, 216 A. 2d 89 (1966); Commonwealth ex rel. Robinson v. Myers, 420 Pa. 72, 215 A. 2d 637 (1966); Commonwealth ex rel. Stevens v. Myers, 419 Pa. 1, 213 A. 2d 613 (1865), the order of the court below is vacated and the record remanded for consideration of the contention contained in appellant's petition that he was denied his constitutional right to the assistance of counsel on appeal. Cf. Douglas v. California, 372 U.S. 353, 83 S. Ct. 814 (1963).
Mr. Justice Cohen took no part in the consideration or decision of this case.