In Commonwealth v. Wells, 553 Pa. 424, 719 A.2d 729 (1998), our Supreme Court determined that an order denying a request to withdraw as counsel based upon an alleged conflict of interest is not an appealable order under Pa. R.A.P. 313. In Wells, the appellant, James Leon Wells, pled guilty to various criminal charges and, pursuant to a plea, was sentenced to serve ten to twenty years in prison. Wells did not directly appeal this sentence but, subsequently, filed a pro se petition under the Post Conviction Relief Act, 42 Pa. C.S. 9541-9546. A public defender was appointed to represent him. After filing three petitions for extensions of time, the public defender filed a petition to withdraw as counsel alleging a conflict of interest due to the fact that Wells had been represented at his plea by an attorney who worked at the public defender's office part time. The trial court denied the public defender's petition to withdraw, as the attorney who was representing Wells at the plea was acting in his private capacity at that time. Wells appealed this decision to the Superior Court. The Superior Court quashed the appeal, finding that it was not a final order or a collateral order, pursuant to Pa. R.A.P. 313. Wells appealed to the Supreme Court. The only issue before the Supreme Court was whether the Superior Court erred in determining that a petition to withdraw as counsel based on an alleged conflict of interest was not an immediately appealable collateral order. The Supreme Court stated in pertinent part as follows: Rule of Appellate Procedure 313 sets forth a narrow exception to the general rule that only final orders are subject to appellate review. See Pugar v. Greco, 483 Pa. 68, 72, 394 A.2d 542, 544 (1978)(stating rule of finality). . . . This third prong requires that the matter must effectively be unreviewable on appeal from final judgment. See Commonwealth v. Johnson, 550 Pa. 298, 302 n. 2, 705 A.2d 830, 832 n. 2 (1998) (citing Coopers & Lybrand v. Livesay, 437 U.S. 463, 468, 98 S. Ct. 2454, 2458, 57 L. Ed. 2d 351 (1978)). See also Commonwealth v. Myers, 457 Pa. 317, 320, 322 A.2d 131, 133 (1974)(order is not immediately appealable if it cannot be said "that 'denial of immediate review would render impossible any review whatsoever of the individual's claim'" (quoting United States v. Ryan, 402 U.S. 530, 533, 91 S. Ct. 1580, 1582, 29 L. Ed. 2d 85 (1971))). Id. at 427, 719 A.2d at 730. The Supreme Court determined that the trial court's order did not satisfy the third prong and was therefore, not an immediately appealable collateral order. The Supreme Court stated in pertinent part as follows: Well's claim that he is entitled to "conflict-free" PCRA counsel will not be irreparably lost if the order denying the Petition to Withdraw is not reviewed at this time. Since Appellant has a right of appeal if the PCRA court denies his petition, the order denying the Petition to Withdraw, and consequently the merits of the conflict issue, can be reviewed if or when Wells files an appeal from the court's PCRA decision. If it is determined that the PCRA court improperly failed to remove PCRA counsel due to a conflict of interest, any right to conflict-free PCRA counsel is not lost since the defendant may be granted a new PCRA hearing and new counsel. Thus, since Well's claimed right would not be irreparably lost if review of the order were postponed until final judgment, the court's order denying the Petition to Withdraw is not appealable under the collateral order doctrine. Wells, 553 Pa. at 429, 719 A.2d at 731. Thus, the Supreme Court determined that the order did not qualify as an immediately appealable collateral order and affirmed the Superior Court's decision.