396 Pa. Super. 339 - Commonwealth v. Scott’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
22 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 22 later decisions — most recently October 2017
22 state decisions
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Relationships
Relies on Local 408, International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. National Labor Relations Board · Mullins Coal Co. v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs · Commonwealth v. Zettlemoyer · Commonwealth v. Bolden · Zettlemoyer v. Pennsylvania
Most-quoted passages
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“It is settled that a petition for a writ of habeas corpus is the proper means for testing a pre-trial finding that the Commonwealth has sufficient evidence to establish a prima facie case. Commonwealth v. Morman, 373 Pa.Super. 360, 363 , 541 A.2d 356, 357 (1988); see also Commonwealth v. Hetherington, 460 Pa. 17 , 331 A.2d 205 (1975). A pre-trial petition for a writ of habeas corpus, therefore, is similar in purpose to a preliminary hearing. See Commonwealth v. Morman, supra, 373 Pa.Super. at 365 , 541 A.2d at 359 . “ ‘ The primary reason for the preliminary hearing is to protect an individual’s right against unlawful arrest and detention. It seeks to prevent a person from being imprisoned or required to enter bail for a crime which was never committed, or for a crime with which there is no evidence of his connection Id. (citations omitted). Thus, the focus of a pre-trial habeas petition is on “whether sufficient Commonwealth evidence exists to require a defendant to be held in government ‘custody’ until he may be brought to trial.” Id., 373 Pa.Superior Ct. at 367, 541 A.2d at 360 . In making this pre-trial determination, the habeas court is not limited to reviewing the evidence presented at the preliminary hearing; instead, “the Commonwealth may present additional evidence at the habeas corpus stage in its effort to establish at least prima facie that a crime has been committed and that the accused is the person who committed it.” Id., 373 Pa. Superior Ct. at 365-366 , 541 A”
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