Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. James PITTMAN, Appellant
Court: Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1978-12-21
Citations: 261 Pa. Super. 91
Docket Number: Appeal No. 262
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. James PITTMAN, Appellant.
Judges: Before JACOBS, President Judge, and HOFFMAN, CER-CONE, PRICE, VAN der VOORT, SPAETH and HESTER, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania Superior Court Reports
Volume: 261
Pages: 91–92

Head Matter:
395 A.2d 957
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. James PITTMAN, Appellant.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania.
Submitted March 13, 1978.
Decided Dec. 21, 1978.
Marilyn C. Zilli, Assistant Public Defender, Harrisburg, for appellant.
Marion E. MacIntyre, Second Assistant District Attorney, Harrisburg, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Opinion:
OPINION
Before JACOBS, President Judge, and HOFFMAN, CER-CONE, PRICE, VAN der VOORT, SPAETH and HESTER, JJ.
PER CURIAM:
The order dismissing appellant's Post Conviction Hearing Act Petition is vacated and the record remanded to the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County for a counselled evidentiary hearing. For the purposes of this hearing, counsel must be appointed from an office other than the Public Defender of Dauphin County and opportunity must be given to amend the pro se petition filed by appellant.
HESTER, J., dissents.
HOFFMAN, J., did not participate in the consideration or decision of this case.