COM. EX REL. HARDY v. RUNDLE, 415 Pa. 544 (1964)

204 A.2d 449

Commonwealth ex rel. Hardy, Appellant, v. Rundle.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.Submitted May 6, 1964.
November 10, 1964.

Before BELL, C. J., MUSMANNO, JONES, COHEN, EAGEN, O’BRIEN and ROBERTS, JJ.

Appeal (petition for allocatur), No. 102, Jan. T., 1965, from order of Superior Court, Oct. T., 1964, No. 174, affirming order of Court of Common Pleas of

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Lancaster County, Habeas Corpus Docket No. 4, page 321, in case of Commonwealth ex rel. Merle Ray Hardy v. Alfred T. Rundle, Warden. Petition for allocatur granted, orders vacated and record remanded.

Same case in Superior Court: 203 Pa. Super. 704.

Habeas corpus.

Petition dismissed, opinion by JOHNSTONE, JR., J.; relator appealed to Superior Court which affirmed order, per curiam. Relator petitioned for allocatur and to proceed in forma pauperis.

Merle Ray Hardy, petitioner, in propria persona.

Clarence C. Newcomer, First Assistant District Attorney, an Wilson Bucher, District Attorney, for respondent.

OPINION PER CURIAM, November 10, 1964:

Petitioner asks us to review the dismissal of his habeas corpus petition which alleged lack of counsel at the time his plea of guilty was entered. We have today reviewed constitutional questions closely related to those raised by this petition in Commonwealth ex rel. O’Lock v. Rundle, 415 Pa. 515, 204 A.2d 439 (1964), and in Commonwealth ex rel. Goodfellow v. Rundle, 415 Pa. 528, 204 A.2d 446 (1964).

We are satisfied that the incomplete record before us requires that we remand the case to the court below for further consideration in light of today’s decisions.

The petition for allocatur is granted, as is the petition to proceed in forma pauperis. The orders of the Superior Court and the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster County are vacated. The record is remanded to the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster County for further consideration.

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