Commonwealth v. Croft

Dissenting Opinion by

Mr. Justice Roberts:

The issue presented here, properly framed by the majority of the Superior Court is “whether an order *586of probation is a final order of commitment or placement,”1 so as to grant to an adjudicated delinquent the mandatory right to a rehearing where errors of law or fact or improvident orders can be corrected. The majority holds, contrary to the language and purpose of the statute,2 that an adjudicatory order returning a juvenile to his home subject to the conditions of probation is not a “final order of commitment or placement” and the court can grant or…