Case Name: Commonwealth v. White, Appellant
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1969-01-15
Citations: 433 Pa. 109
Docket Number: Appeal, No. 443
Parties: Commonwealth v. White, Appellant.
Judges: Before Bell, C. J., Jones, Cohen, Eagen, O’Brien and Roberts, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 433
Pages: 109–112

Head Matter:
Commonwealth v. White, Appellant.
Submitted November 11, 1968.
Before Bell, C. J., Jones, Cohen, Eagen, O’Brien and Roberts, JJ.
Elizabeth Langford Green and Melvin Dildine, Assistant Defenders, and Herman I. Pollock, Defender, for appellant.
James D. Crawford, Assistant District Attorney, and Arlen Specter, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.
January 15, 1969:

Opinion:
Opinion
Per Curiam,
Order affirmed by an equally divided Court.
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Cohen
in Support oe Affirmance :
Commonwealth v. Baker, 429 Pa. 209, 239 A. 2d 201 (1968), and Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S. Ct. 1396, 18 L. ed. 2d 493 (1967), are not authority for the position taken by Justice O'Brien. In both of these cases the issue came before the court upon direct appeal. Since the instant appeal relates to a post-conviction hearing, it is my opinion that we are not bound by the determination in Baker and Anders.
Mr. Chief Justice Bell and Mr. Justice Jones join in this opinion.