Court Opinion

ID: 9838259
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-05 20:08:28.03845+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:45:32.886483
License: Public Domain

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA
                                 MIDDLE DISTRICT

 COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA                     : No. 51 MM 2023
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 GENOA TRUSTY                                     :
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 PETITION OF: CONOR J. WIGGINTON,                 :
 ESQUIRE                                          :

                                         ORDER

PER CURIAM

       AND NOW, this 5th day of September, 2023, in consideration of the Application to

Withdraw as Counsel, this matter is REMANDED to the Court of Common Pleas of

Delaware County to determine whether Attorney Conor J. Wigginton should be permitted

to withdraw. In the event Attorney Wigginton is permitted to withdraw, the court is also to

determine any related questions, including whether Genoa Trusty is entitled to court-

appointed counsel on allocatur review. See Pa.R.Crim.P. 904 (explaining that an indigent

petitioner is entitled to court-appointed counsel on his or her first PCRA petition; further

instructing that this representation shall continue through all avenues of appeal, including

allocatur review).

       The Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County is DIRECTED to enter its order

on remand within 90 days and to promptly notify this Court of its determination.