Court Opinion

ID: 9629920
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 09:52:48.800927+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:30:16.870148
License: Public Domain

ROBERTS, Justice
(dissenting).
I dissent. As the majority states “The P.C.H.A. court, in its opinion denying appellant relief, . . . failed to make any specific findings of fact concerning the voluntariness of the confession.” Section 10 of the Post Conviction Hearing Act states “The order finally disposing of the petition shall state grounds on which the case was determined . . . .” Post Conviction Hearing Act, Act of January 25, 1966, P.L. (1965) 1580, § 10, 19 P.S.,§ 1180-10 (Supp.1975). I would remand the case to the PCHA court for the specific findings of fact which are necessary to an informed appellate review.
NIX and MANDERINO, JJ., join in this dissenting opinion.