Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Anthony BUTLER, Appellant
Court: Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1978-12-29
Citations: 262 Pa. Super. 320
Docket Number: No. 2243
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Anthony BUTLER, Appellant.
Judges: Before JACOBS, President Judge, and HOFFMAN, CER-CONE, PRICE, VAN der VOORT, SPAETH and HESTER, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania Superior Court Reports
Volume: 262
Pages: 320–322

Head Matter:
396 A.2d 775
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Anthony BUTLER, Appellant.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania.
Submitted June 27, 1978.
Decided Dec. 29, 1978.
Raymond E. Kumor, Philadelphia, for appellant.
Edward G. Rendell, District Attorney, Philadelphia, for Com., appellee.
Before JACOBS, President Judge, and HOFFMAN, CER-CONE, PRICE, VAN der VOORT, SPAETH and HESTER, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
AND NOW, this 29th day of December, 1978, the petition to withdraw is denied. Counsel for appellant is directed either (1) to file an amended request for leave to withdraw that meets in all respects the requirements of notice to the appellant, see Commonwealth v. Liska, 252 Pa.Super. 103, 380 A.2d 1303, 1306 (1977), and to file a withdrawal brief that meets the description in Commonwealth v. Greer, 455 Pa. 106, 108-09, 314 A.2d 513, 514-15 (1974), or (2) to proceed with the appeal by filing an advocate's brief on the merits. In either case, counsel is to file a new brief and request, or new brief alone, within thirty (30) days, or risk sanctions.
SPAETH, J., files a dissenting statement, in which VAN der VOORT, J., joins.