COM. v. RIOS


255 Pa.Super. 556 (1978)

389 A.2d 117

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Joseph RIOS, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 12, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Packel, Assistant Public Defender, and Benjamin Lerner, Defender, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Eric B. Henson and Michael R. Stiles, Assistant District Attorneys, and F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, District Attorney, Philadelphia, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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


JACOBS, President Judge:

This appeal follows the revocation of appellant's early parole on a burglary sentence after a guilty plea to charges of a later burglary. Appellant contends that the four-month delay between entry of his guilty plea and revocation of parole violated Pa.R.Crim.P. 1409, which requires that the revocation hearing be held "as speedily as possible." For the reasons that follow, we find no violation...

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