Commonwealth ex rel. Kline v. Cavell

203 A.2d 592, 204 Pa. Super. 725

• Court: Superior Court of Pennsylvania
• Decided: September 30, 1964
• Docket: Appeal, No. 440
• Status: Published

Opinion

Opinion

Pee Cueiam :

The cause is remanded to the Court of Common Pleas of Berks County for further consideration and appropriate proceedings in the light of Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 U.S. 335, 83 S. Ct. 792, 9 L. Ed. 2d 799, in order that Thomas A. Kline may have an opportunity to establish by evidence the material averments of his petition and the Commonwealth may have an opportunity to affirm or deny or rebut this evidence. After hearing the evidence, the Court of Common Pleas of Berks County shall make its findings and enter an appropriate order of judgment consistent with the evidence and the law, and the opinion of the Supreme Court in Gideon v. Wainwright, supra, and in accord with right and justice, the Constitution of the United States, and the Constitution and the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The reasons for this action are to be found in our recent opinion in Commonwealth ex rel. Goodfellow v. Rundle, 203 Pa. Superior Ct. 419, 201 A. 2d 615 (1964).

Order reversed and cause remanded with a procedendo.