COM. v. RILEY


253 Pa.Super. 260 (1978)

384 A.2d 1333

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. James Quentin RILEY, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided April 13, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederic G. Antoun, Jr., Assistant Public Defender, Harrisburg, for appellant.

Marion E. MacIntyre, Second Assistant District Attorney, and LeRoy S. Zimmerman, District Attorney, Harrisburg, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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


CERCONE, Judge:

The instant appeal arises from the revocation of appellant's probation. Appellant raises several arguments to bolster his contentions that the hearing court lacked the power to revoke his probation and impose a prison sentence and that the court, even if it had such power, abused it by relying extensively upon hearsay evidence proffered by appellant's probation officer. While we agree with the Commonwealth that the hearing court could validly revoke...

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