Case Name: Commonwealth v. Hoffman, Petitioner
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1968-08-22
Citations: 431 Pa. 160
Docket Number: No. 26
Parties: Commonwealth v. Hoffman, Petitioner.
Judges: Before Bell, C. J., Musmanno, Jones, Cohen, Eagen, O’Bkien and Boberts, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 431
Pages: 160–161

Head Matter:
Commonwealth v. Hoffman, Petitioner.
Before Bell, C. J., Musmanno, Jones, Cohen, Eagen, O’Bkien and Boberts, JJ.
Richard U. T. Hoffman, appellant, in propria persona.
Jerome T. Foerster, Assistant District Attorney, and LeRoy S. Zimmerman, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.
August 22, 1968:

Opinion:
Opinion
Per Curiam,
The petition for allowance of appeal is granted. The order of the Superior Court is vacated, and the record is remanded to the Court of Oyer and Terminer of Dauphin County for appointment of counsel on appeal to the Superior Court in accordance with the dissenting opinion of Judge Spaulding in Commonwealth v. Hoffman, 212 Pa. Superior Ct. 206, 240 A. 2d 384 (1968) (Hoffman, J. and Hannum, J., joined in this opinion). See also Commonwealth v. Walters, 431 Pa. 74, 79, n.4, 244 A. 2d 757, 761, n.4 (1968); Pa. R. Crim. P. 1503.