Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Giles

Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Adams County

Decided July 14, 1972No. 82Published

1Opinion of the Court

MacPHAIL, P. J.,

— This case comes before us in a very unusual manner, but in view of the substantive result, we think the procedural irregularities are of no moment.

Defendant has been indicted on a charge of driving under the influence. The complaint discloses that defendant was arrested by a Gettysburg Borough police officer in Cumberland Township for an offense which was first observed in the borough and continued into Cumberland Township, where defendant was apprehended. Defendant has been given a preliminary hearing before a district justice of the peace and has been bound over for grand…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. People v. McCartyCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1958
  2. Nash v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1968
  3. Commonwealth v. JayneSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1899
  4. Commonwealth v. MagaroSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
  5. Nash v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1965

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