Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent, v. David BRUDER, a/k/a David Edward Bruder, Petitioner
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1998-09-09
Citations: 717 A.2d 1021
Docket Number: 
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent, v. David BRUDER, a/k/a David Edward Bruder, Petitioner.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 717
Pages: 1021–1021

Head Matter:
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent, v. David BRUDER, a/k/a David Edward Bruder, Petitioner.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Sept. 9, 1998.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
AND NOW, this 9th day of September, 1998 we GRANT the Petition for Allowance of Appeal limited to the following issue:
DID THE SUPERIOR COURT ERR IN AFFIRMING THE DENIAL OF POST CONVICTION RELIEF WITHOUT A HEARING, WHERE PLEA COUNSEL DID NOT FILE A DIRECT APPEAL ON PETITIONER'S BEHALF DESPITE PETITIONER'S ALLEGED REQUEST TO DO SO, THUS IMPLICATING PETITIONER'S CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO A DIRECT APPEAL?