Court Opinion

ID: 6259067
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-02-17 21:55:56.216603+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:59:39.342859
License: Public Domain

Dissenting Opinion by
Mr. Oi-iief Justice Bell:
Every person may waive a Constitutional right; why, therefore, should a person not be permitted to waive a statutory right, if the waiver is made voluntarily, intelligently and for a consideration? Cf. Commonwealth ex rel. Robinson v. Myers, 420 Pa. 72, 76, 215 A. 2d 637.
In Commonwealth ex rel. Robinson v. Myers, the Court said (page 76) : “The right to such assistance, however, as is the case with all constitutional rights, may,* under appropriate circumstances, be waived.”
For these reasons, I dissent.

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