COM. v. BROWN


503 Pa. 514 (1983)

469 A.2d 1371

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Louis BROWN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Argued October 28, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Packel, Chief, Appeals Div., Leonard N. Sosnov, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Robert B. Lawler, Chief, Appeals Div., Ronald Eisenberg, Asst. Dist. Attys., Philadelphia, for appellee.

Before ROBERTS, C.J., and NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, HUTCHINSON and ZAPPALA, JJ.


OPINION

NIX, Justice.

This appeal raises the question as to whether a probation revocation court could return a finding of probation revocation based upon the probationer's alleged participation in a crime where the probation revocation hearing was deferred until after the trial of the criminal case which resulted in an acquittal. Both the trial court and the Superior Court answered this question in the affirmative. We granted review and we now reverse....

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