Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Farmer
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 7, 1983No. 3147PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BECK, Judge:
Appellant, Carole J. Farmer, appeals from the lower court order denying her Petition to Strike Constable Costs imposed by a Chester County District Justice.
The facts underlying, the denial of that Petition were stipulated to at an October 14, 1981 hearing on the petition and are as follows. Appellant was arrested for outstanding warrants occasioned by her failure to respond to parking violation summonses. Notes of Testimony 10/14/81 at 2. She was testifying before the District Justice in an unrelated matter, and she was arrested after that hearing. Id.
In an “informal” hearing on…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Argersinger v. HamlinSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Scott v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Bacik v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
- Groff v. Township of ElizabethCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
3Cited by5 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. HooverSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
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- In Re: Order Amending Rules 431, 441, 452, 456, 461, and 1033 of the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal ProcedureSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2015
- Order Adopting New Rule 490.1 & Revising the Comments of Rules 430, 455 & 456 of PA Rules of Criminal ProcedureSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2018