Commonwealth v. Brown

By Judge Clifford R. Weckstein

The defendant, Shannon Jarrell Brown, is a prisoner in the custody of the United States. This Court has ordered that capiases be issued for his arrest on charges of violation of conditions of probation and suspended sentence. The capiases have been lodged against him as detainers. Proceeding under Article III of the Interstate Agreement on Detainers (IAD), he has filed motions to dismiss the detainers and the underlying charges of probation violation. Because IAD does not apply to probation violation proceedings, this Court denies the motions to dismiss.

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