Court Opinion

ID: 9698933
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-25 20:04:26.455664+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:20:44.755437
License: Public Domain

OLSZEWSKI, Judge,
concurring:
We have no difficulty in joining the majority since it is clear that Serianni and Fox are controlling, thereby requiring a remand for appointment of new counsel. In doing so, the Court does not pass judgment or come to a conclusion regarding the effectiveness of counsel’s actions in this case; that is a matter to be considered at a later time.
We are concerned not about those attorneys who make honest mistakes, but about those instances in which attorneys deliberately err. It is with considerable interest, therefore, that we take notice that the Philadelphia County *490Court of Common Pleas has adopted a rule to deal with those instances in which attorneys admit their trial incompetence in filing their appeals. We also have observed that the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Chief Justice has indicated that the Supreme Court Criminal Rules Committee should give serious consideration to the creation of a state-wide rule dealing with the issue of counsel admitting incompetency in order to secure a new trial.