Com. v. Karash

513 Pa. 6 (1986)

518 A.2d 537

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee,

v.

Bernard M. KARASH, Jr., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Argued December 6, 1985.

Decided November 24, 1986.

Al Flora, Jr., Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Robert J. Gillespie, Jr., Dist. Atty., Joseph C. Giebus, Wilkes-Barre, for appellee.

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

OPINION

NIX, Chief Justice.

We are here called upon to address appellant's contention that a request for removal of a prisoner from a holding facility for the purpose of transporting him to…