Commonwealth v. Quail

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• outlining options to ensure first-time PCRA petitioner is afforded representation through the entire appellate process
• noting “once counsel has entered an appearance on a defendant’s behalf he is obligated to continue representation until the case is concluded or he is granted leave by the court to withdraw his appearance” (emphasis added)
• where appointed-counsel abandoned PCRA petitioner without leave of court to withdraw, correct action is to remand pro se appeal for appointment of counsel
• any petition filed after the judgment of sentence becomes final will be treated as a PCRA petition
• indigent first-time PCRA petitioner is entitled to representation by counsel
• indigent first-time PCRA petitioner is entitled to representation by counsel

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).