PCRA Petition • Appointment of Counsel • Insufficient Record • Remand

Commonwealth v. Williams, PICS Case No. 17-1277 (Pa. Super. July 27, 2017) Gantman, P.J. (10 pages).

PCRA court erred in dismissing appellant’s petitions because it failed to appoint PCRA counsel for indigent appellant and the record was insufficient to adjudicate appellant’s allegations and the matter had to be vacated and remanded for PCRA counsel to file an amended PCRA petition. Vacated and remanded.

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