Court Opinion

ID: 6259875
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-02-17 21:59:23.513472+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:59:40.705501
License: Public Domain

Opinion
Per Curiam,
The petition for allocatur consists of a xeroxed copy of a letter from petitioner to counsel, requesting counsel to file an allocatur petition. Since such a petition does not accord with counsel’s required role as an advocate, see Ellis v. United States, 356 U.S. 674, 675, 78 S. Ct. 974, 975 (1958), the case must he remanded so that counsel may file a proper petition. See Commonwealth v. Stancell, 435 Pa. 301, 256 A. 2d 798 (1969); Pa. Supreme Ct. Rule 69 (petitions for allowance of appeal must set forth particularly the questions involved and the reasons in favor of granting the petition) ; cf. Commonwealth v. Villano, 435 Pa. 273, 256 A. 2d 468 (1969).