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COMMONWEALTH v. RICE

456 Pa. 90 (1974)

Commonwealth v. Rice, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

April 26, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles A. Getty, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

James A. Nelson, First Assistant District Attorney, and Caram J. Abood, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before JONES, C.J., EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX and MANDERINO, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS, April 26, 1974:

Appellant, seventeen years old, was arrested on two charges of murder. On November 2, 1970, a preliminary hearing was conducted before a district justice of the peace. Appellant's counsel there objected to the hearing's being held before a justice of the peace, asserting that it should be held in juvenile court. His objection was overruled.

The Commonwealth then established prima facie cases of murder, and appellant...

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