Case Name: Commonwealth v. Tyler, Appellant
Court: Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1970-12-30
Citations: 217 Pa. Super. 336
Docket Number: Appeal, No. 166
Parties: Commonwealth v. Tyler, Appellant.
Judges: Before Wright, P. J., Watkins, Montgomery, Jacobs, Hoffman, Spaulding, and Cercone, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania Superior Court Reports
Volume: 217
Pages: 336–337

Head Matter:
Commonwealth v. Tyler, Appellant.
Submitted November 9, 1970.
Before Wright, P. J., Watkins, Montgomery, Jacobs, Hoffman, Spaulding, and Cercone, JJ.
John J. Dean, Assistant Public Defender, and George E. Ross, Public Defender, for appellant.
Carol Mary Los and Robert L. Campbell, Assistant District Attorneys, and Robert W. Duggan, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.
December 30, 1970:

Opinion:
Opinion
Per Curiam,
Appellant filed a PCHA petition in the court below attaching the validity of his guilty plea. The PCHA court granted petitioner the right to appeal, but did not pass upon the validity of the guilty plea. In such cases, the PCHA court should permit an amended petition, setting forth all claims petitioner wishes to raise with respect to his conviction and sentence, and proceed to hear them if nonfrivolous and not clearly refuted by the record. Commonwealth v. Lowery, 438 Pa. 89, 263 A. 2d 332 (1970).
Order reversed and the record remanded for proceedings consistent with this opinion.