Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 7/7/1975
Commonwealth v. Fiero
Citations
- 341 A.2d 448
- 462 Pa. 409
- 1975 Pa. LEXIS 896
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- applying former criminal rules 1503 and 1504 governing appointment of counsel to mandatory appointment requirement under Post Conviction Hearing Act
- vacating the order dismissing Fiero’s petition and ordering the appointment of counsel to file an amended petition where the record was “devoid of any evidence of meaningful participation by counsel”
- appointment of counsel “envisions that counsel so appointed shall have the opportunity and in fact discharge the responsibilities required by his representation.”
- PCHA petition should not be dismissed when petition is uncounseled
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Judges: Jones, Eagen, O'Brien, Roberts, Pomeroy, Nix, Manderino
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52 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. HenkelSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-04-11· cited 554×
- Commonwealth v. KaranicolasSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-11-12· cited 257×
- Commonwealth v. FriendSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-03-30· cited 238×
- Commonwealth v. PerezSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-05-21· cited 122×
- Commonwealth v. BurtonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-07-03· cited 74×
- Commonwealth v. FinleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-01-07· cited 69×
- Commonwealth v. WatlingtonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-09-22· cited 63×
- Commonwealth v. HolmesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-10-08· cited 54×
- Commonwealth v. OlsenSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-04-19· cited 50×
- Commonwealth v. HamptonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-09-15· cited 49×
- Commonwealth v. SangriccoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-05-30· cited 46×
- Commonwealth v. JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-03-23· cited 44×
- Commonwealth v. PriovolosSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-01-27· cited 40×
- Commonwealth v. TunnellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-10-03· cited 36×
- Commonwealth v. ScottSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-11-24· cited 32×
- Commonwealth v. HarrisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-01-20· cited 31×
- Commonwealth v. CarrierSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-07-02· cited 20×
- Commonwealth v. ProwellSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-10-06· cited 19×
- Commonwealth v. BrownSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-05-10· cited 18×
- Commonwealth v. KaufmannSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-06-07· cited 17×
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