Commonwealth ex rel. Remeriez v. Maroney

In Commonwealth ex rel. Remeriez v. Maroney, 415 Pa. 534, 204 A.2d 450 (1964), the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, relying on Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 U.S. 335, 83 S. Ct. 792, 9 L. Ed. 2d 799 (1963), held that a hearing at which "the petitioner was sentenced to imprisonment after revocation of a prior suspended sentence and probation" was "a critical stage in the proceeding against the accused" and that the petitioner, therefore, had a right to effective assistance of counsel. Remeriez, 415 Pa. at 535-36, 204 A.2d at 450-51.