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COM. v. BURKE

801 A.2d 1257 (2002)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee v. Henry Charles BURKE. Appeal of: Roger Brown.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed June 21, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rinaldo A. DePaola, Towanda, for appellant.

George P. Skumanick, Asst. Dist. Atty., Tunkhannock, for Com., appellee.

Before: ORIE MELVIN, KLEIN and KELLY, JJ.

KLEIN, J.

¶ 1 In this case of first impression, Roger Brown as Bail Surety, appeals from the order entered in the Court of Common Pleas of Wyoming County forfeiting $2,500 surety on behalf of Henry Charles Burke to the County of Wyoming. We reverse.

¶ 2 At issue here is the tension between Pa.R.Crim.P. 534, which states a bail bond is to be valid until the full and final disposition of a case, and Pa.R.Crim.P. 313, 534 and 535, which state that the...

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