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COM. ex rel. KNOWLES v. LESTER

223 Pa.Super. 519 (1973)

Commonwealth ex rel. Knowles v. Lester, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

March 27, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Garrett, Assistant District Attorney, with him Martin H. Belsky, Assistant District Attorney, Richard A. Sprague, First Assistant District Attorney, and Arlen Specter, District Attorney, for appellant.

Robert Stein, Assistant Defender, with him Jonathan Miller, Assistant Defender, and Vincent J. Ziccardi, Defender, for appellee.

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

OPINION BY HOFFMAN, J., March 27, 1973:

The Commonwealth appeals contending that the lower court erred in granting appellee's petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The trial judge ordered appellee's release from prison because he had been detained for more than ninety days following his arrest without being presented before a court as the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act1 requires...

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