Commonwealth v. Valentin

SHENKIN, J,

The Commonwealth has filed an appeal from our order of March 16, 1995, in which we granted defendant’s petition for issuance of a writ of habeas corpus and denied the request of the State of Delaware that the defendant be extradited. Pursuant to Pa.R.C.P. 1925(a), we herewith file of record this brief statement in the form of an opinion of the reasons for our order.

This case raises the interesting issue of whether, in an extradition proceeding, the trial judge may weigh the evidence presented by both the Commonwealth and the defendant, assess the credibility of the witnesses, and…