Battle v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Klopfer v. State of North Carolina · United States Ex Rel. Burgess v. Lindsey · Commonwealth Ex Rel. Davis v. Pennsylvania Board of Parole · Johnston v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation · Ryles v. Commonwealth
Most-quoted passages
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“(1) A parolee may be arrested and detained on a Board warrant pending disposition of criminal charges upon the occurrence of one of the following: (i) A committing magistrate has conducted a preliminary hearing and concluded that there is a prima facie case against the parolee. (iv) A member of the Board or an Examiner designated by the Board conducts an inde pendent hearing, which shall be termed a “Detention Hearing,” to determine whether there is probable cause to believe that the parolee has violated the' conditions of his parole and whether he should be detained pending disposition of the criminal charges. (Emphasis added.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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