COMMONWEALTH v. DARBY


244 Pa.Super. 331 (1976)

368 A.2d 746

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Michael DARBY, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 15, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Packel, Asst. Public Defender, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Deborah E. Glass and Steven H. Goldblatt, Asst. Dist. Attys., Philadelphia, for appellee.

Before WATKINS, President Judge, and JACOBS, HOFFMAN, CERCONE, PRICE, VAN der VOORT and SPAETH, JJ.


JACOBS, Judge:

We must once again answer the question of whether or not an impermissibly long period of time elapsed between an alleged probation violation and a hearing on the matter of probation revocation. We are convinced that the period of time allowed to pass in the case at bar was too long, and we reverse.

On May 30, 1974, appellant entered a plea of guilty to a charge of robbery and was placed on probation for five years, conditioned on his entry into...

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