Commonwealth v. Hamborsky

LESKINEN, J,

Before the court is the Commonwealth’s petition for bond revocation. The Commonwealth did not present evidence at either of two bond hearings that establishes that the “proof is evident or presumption great” that the defendant will be convicted of murder in the first or second degree. Under Article I, Section 14 of the Pennsylvania Constitution, therefore, the request to revoke bail must be denied. Because the precise meaning of Article I, Section 14 has never been made clear under the circumstances presented here, and because the parties in this case vehemently disagree on that…