COM. v. HANN

No. 65 MAP 2012

81 A.3d 57 (2013)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Ricky Lynn HANN, Deceased and Paul Weachter (Bail Bondsman), Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 30, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Travis Logan Kendall, Esq. , Fulton County District Attorney's Office, for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Clinton T. Barkdoll, Esq. , Kulla, Barkdoll, Ullman and Painter, P.C., Nicholas John Wachinski, Esq. , Drexel Hill , for Paul Weachter.

Robert B. Hoffman, Esq. , Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC, Harrisburg, for American Bail Coalition.

BEFORE: CASTILLE, C.J., SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, TODD, McCAFFERY, ORIE MELVIN, JJ.


OPINION

Justice BAER.

This Court granted the Commonwealth's petition for allowance of appeal in this matter to determine whether the Superior Court erred in reversing a trial court's bail forfeiture order. For the reasons that follow, we vacate the order of the Superior Court and remand for proceedings consistent with this opinion.

The facts of this appeal are not in dispute. In September of 2010, Pennsylvania State Police arrested Ricky Lynn...

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