Commonwealth Ex Rel. Colbert v. Aytch

478 Pa. 314 (1978)

386 A.2d 950

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania ex rel. Drew Kelly COLBERT, Appellant,

v.

Louis AYTCH, Superintendent, Philadelphia County Prisons.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Argued April 21, 1977.

Decided March 23, 1978.

Benjamin Lerner, Public Defender, John W. Packel, Asst. Public Defender, Steven A. Morley, Philadelphia, for appellant.

F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, Dist. Atty., Michael R. Stiles, Asst. Dist. Atty., Chief, Appeals Div., Mark Sendrow, Asst. Dist. Atty., for appellee.

Before EAGEN, C.J., and O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX and MANDERINO, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

O'BRIEN,…