Commonwealth v. Ricker, D.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 18, 2016

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · decided 2016-04-18

Cited by 6 later decisions — most recently January 2022

6 state decisions

Key passage — most relied on by later courts

“Whether the Pennsylvania Superior Court wrongly held, in a published opinion of first impression, that a defendant does not have a state or federal constitutional right to confront the witness against him at a preliminary hearing and that a prima facie case may be proven by the Commonwealth through hearsay evidence alone, which is what the trial and magisterial district courts concluded in Petitioner’s case?”

quoted by 1 later decision, including Commonwealth v. Ricker, D., Aplt.

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Decided 2016-04-18

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¶1 ORDER

PER CURIAM.

¶2 AND NOW, this 18th day of April, 2016, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue, as stated by Petitioner, is:

Whether the Pennsylvania Superior Court wrongly held, in a published opinion of first impression, that a defendant does not have a state or federal constitutional right to confront the witness against him at a preliminary hearing and that a prima fade case may be proven by the Commonwealth through hearsay evidence alone, which is what the trial and magisterial district courts concluded in Petitioner’s case?

Justice DONOHUE did not participate in the consideration or decision of this matter.