COM. ex rel. YAMBO et al. v. JENNINGS


220 Pa.Super. 186 (1971)

Commonwealth ex rel. Yambo et al., Appellants v. Jennings.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

December 13, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Gallagher, Public Defender, for appellants.

Robert S. Gawthrop, III, and James R. Freeman, Assistant District Attorneys, and Norman J. Pine, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before WRIGHT, P. J., WATKINS, MONTGOMERY, JACOBS, HOFFMAN, SPAULDING, and CERCONE, JJ.


OPINION BY CERCONE, J., December 13, 1971:

On December 26, 1970 appellants, upon petition of the District Attorney pursuant to Rule of Criminal procedure 4014,1 were committed to Chester Farms Prison, in default of $2,000 bonds, as material witnesses to the murder of one Raymond Dutton, whose shooting had taken place in their presence.

While so imprisoned, appellants petitioned...

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