Commonwealth ex rel. Walker v. Hendrick’s Empirical Analysis
1969
Citation profile
18
cited by 18 later decisions
2
states following
December 1979
most recently cited
18 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Superintendent of Philadelphia County Prison · Commonwealth Ex Rel. Edgar v. Davis · Commonwealth ex rel. Raucci v. Price
Most-quoted passages
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“[In addition] the Commonwealth then produced a set of fingerprints on file with the Police Department of Philadelphia and an expert witness who testified that these prints, and those previously identified as part of the records of the [demanding state], were taken from the one and same individual. On cross-examination, this witness admitted that he could not say that the Philadelphia fingerprints were taken from or were those of the appellant. Id., 434 Pa. at 178 , 253 A.2d at 97 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“It is readily clear that the evidence produced by the Commonwealth was insufficient to establish that the appellant is the individual named in the extradition warrant or is the Frank Walker who fled custody in Alabama in 1964. Id.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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