Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. James JACKSON, a/k/a John Anderson, Appellant
Court: Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1981-10-02
Citations: 291 Pa. Super. 88
Docket Number: No. 220
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. James JACKSON, a/k/a John Anderson, Appellant.
Judges: Before CAVANAUGH, JOHNSON and LIPEZ, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania Superior Court Reports
Volume: 291
Pages: 88–89

Head Matter:
435 A.2d 233
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. James JACKSON, a/k/a John Anderson, Appellant.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania.
Submitted Jan. 26, 1981.
Filed Oct. 2, 1981.
Charlotte A. Nichols, Philadelphia, for appellant.
Gaele McLaughlin Barthold, Assistant District Attorney, Philadelphia, for Commonwealth, appellee.
Before CAVANAUGH, JOHNSON and LIPEZ, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Appellant was convicted of simple assault, conspiracy and theft. No direct appeal was taken from the sentence imposing a term of imprisonment. The record from the Post Conviction Hearing reveals that Appellant had requested his trial counsel to appeal and that the Defender Association, by letter to the defendant, refused to file an appeal because they believed the case lacked merit. Accordingly, we reverse the order denying relief under the Post Conviction Hearing Act. Commonwealth v. Fareri, 271 Pa.Super. 174, 412 A.2d 632 (1979). See also, Commonwealth v. Unger, 494 Pa. 592, 598, 432 A.2d 146, 149 (1980) (concurring opinion, ROBERTS, J.) On remand Appellant must be allowed thirty days to file direct appeals nunc pro tunc from the 1976 judgments of sentence.
Reversed and remanded.