Commonwealth v. Friend

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating that an attorney seeking to withdraw from representation during post-conviction proceedings must inform the petitioner that “he or she has the right to proceed pro se or with the assistance of privately retained counsel”
• vacating two orders after finding the former “was issued in error,” and “the effect of that error directly affected the validity of the subsequent order”
• vacating prior order directly affected validity of subsequent order issued in reliance on vacated order
• requiring counsel seeking to withdraw in collateral proceedings to advise a PCRA petitioner of his desire to withdraw and petitioner’s right to proceed pro se or with the assistance of privately retained counsel if counsel’s petition to withdraw is granted
• “PCRA counsel must contemporaneously forward to the petitioner a copy of the application to withdraw, which must include (i) a copy of both the ‘no-merit’ letter, and (ii
• “PCRA counsel must contemporaneously forward to the petitioner a copy of the application to withdraw, which must include (i) a copy of both the ‘no-merit’ letter, and (ii

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).