COM. v. BERNHARDT


359 Pa.Super. 413 (1986)

519 A.2d 417

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Montinez BERNHARDT, Appellant. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Anthony OWENS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed November 21, 1986.

Reargument Denied January 13, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard N. Sosnov, Assistant Public Defender, Philadelphia, for appellants.

Leonard Dentchman, Assistant District Attorney, Philadelphia, for Com., appellee.

Before WIEAND, BECK and JOHNSON, JJ.


JOHNSON, Judge:

These consolidated appeals are from separate orders denying Appellants' petitions for a writ of habeas corpus. These appeals present for our review the question of whether a criminal defendant is entitled to a writ of habeas corpus where he is subject to a lengthy incarceration prior to his preliminary hearing without cause shown.

On July 27, 1984, Appellant Bernhardt was arrested without...

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