Case Name: Commonwealth v. Lawson, Appellant
Court: Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1968-08-09
Citations: 213 Pa. Super. 718
Docket Number: Appeal, No. 354
Parties: Commonwealth v. Lawson, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Pennsylvania Superior Court Reports
Volume: 213
Pages: 718–719

Head Matter:
Commonwealth v. Lawson, Appellant.
Submitted June 10, 1968.
Allan H. Lawson, appellant, in propria persona; James D. Crawford, Assistant District Attorney, Richard A. Sprague, First Assistant District Attorney, and Arlen Specter, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Opinion:
Opinion
Per Curiam:
The order of the court below is vacated and the record remitted with instructions to grant petitioner's request, as an indigent, for production of a copy of the notes of testimony taken at the post-conviction hearing, and a copy of the court's opinion dismissing the post-conviction petition, in order to permit petitioner to prosecute an effective and adequate appeal. See Griffin v. Illinois, 351 U.S. 12 (1956); §12 of the Post Conviction Hearing Act of January 25, 1966, P. L. (1965) 1580 (19 PS §1180-12).