# Commonwealth v. Tinson

> Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · January 15, 1969 · 433 Pa. 328

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9652104

## Case

- **Full name:** Commonwealth v. Tinson, Appellant
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- **Decided:** January 15, 1969
- **Citations:** 433 Pa. 328; 249 A.2d 549; 1969 Pa. LEXIS 571
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Bell
- **Judges:** Bell, Jones, Cohen, Eagen, O'Brien, Roberts
- **Cited by:** 55 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9652104

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding that prisoner has a constitutional right to assistance of counsel at a recommitment hearing before the Parole Board

## Opinion text

Dissenting Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Bell:
I dissent to that part of the Court’s Opinion which gives a convicted criminal a Constitutional right to counsel (usually at the expense of the taxpayers) at a parole hearing, after he has allegedly broken his parole.

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