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COMMONWEALTH v. BELL

442 Pa. 566 (1971)

Commonwealth v. Bell, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

April 22, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Lowenthal, for appellant.

Benjamin H. Levintow, Assistant District Attorney, with him Milton M. Stein, Assistant District Attorney, James D. Crawford, Deputy District Attorney, Richard A. Sprague, First Assistant District Attorney, and Arlen Specter, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before BELL, C.J., COHEN, EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS and POMEROY, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS, April 22, 1971:

We are here called upon to determine whether Section 2 of the act providing for the mandatory disposition of detainers lodged against persons imprisoned in any state, county or municipal penal or correctional institution,1 commonly known as the "180 day rule", is self-executing. Section 22 provides that if the "action...

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