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LICIAGA v. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

523 Pa. 258 (1989)

566 A.2d 246

Harry LICIAGA, Petitioner, v. The COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF LEHIGH COUNTY, Pennsylvania, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 19, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Waldron, Allentown, for petitioner.

Howland W. Abramson, Philadelphia, for C.P. Ct. of Lehigh County.

William Platt, Dist. Atty. and William Ford, Asst. Dist. Atty.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, ZAPPALA, PAPADAKOS and STOUT, JJ.

OPINION ANNOUNCING THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

NIX, Chief Justice.

Petitioner, Harry Liciaga, filed in this Court a petition for writ of prohibition challenging the appropriateness of the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County's grant of a writ of certiorari. The issue presented is whether, after all charges at a preliminary hearing have been dismissed, a writ of certiorari is available to test the legality of the...

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