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Commonwealth v. Adams

Citations

  • 350 A.2d 820
  • 465 Pa. 389
  • 1976 Pa. LEXIS 425

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  • recognizing that former Pa.R.Crim.P. 1503(a), suspending in part and superseding Section 12 of the PCHA, placed an affirmative duty on the PCHA court to appoint counsel for an indigent petitioner
  • wherein the Supreme Court replaced the statutory right to collateral review counsel with a rule-based right to counsel
  • wherein the Supreme Court replaced the statutory right to collateral review counsel with a rule-based right to counsel

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Judges: Jones, Eagen, O'Brien, Roberts, Pomeroy, Nix, Manderino

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