# Commonwealth v. Brown

> Superior Court of Pennsylvania · May 20, 1971 · 218 Pa. Super. 303

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/6288729

## Case

- **Full name:** Commonwealth v. Brown
- **Court:** Superior Court of Pennsylvania
- **Decided:** May 20, 1971
- **Citations:** 218 Pa. Super. 303; 279 A.2d 318; 1971 Pa. Super. LEXIS 1673
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court
- **Judges:** Cercone, Hofpman, Jacobs, Montgomery, Spaulding, Watkins, Weight, Wright
- **Cited by:** 0 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

Opinion
Per Curiam,
Appellant filed a PCHA petition in the court below attacking the validity of his guilty plea. The PCHA court granted petitioner the right to appeal, but did not pass upon the validity of the guilty plea. In such *304 cases, the POHA court should permit an amended petition, setting forth all claims petitioner wishes to raise with respect to his conviction and sentence, and proceed to hear them if nonfrivolous and not clearly refuted by the record. Commonwealth v. Lowery, 438 Pa. 89 , 263 A. 2d 332 (1970).
Order reversed and the record remanded for proceedings consistent with this opinion.
Weight, P. J., dissents.

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