Commonwealth v. McGinley

CERCONE, Judge:

This is an appeal from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne County denying appellant’s petition for writ of certiorari pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 934. 1 We reverse.

On June 12, 1988, appellee was charged with the summary offense of patronizing prostitutes. 2 A hearing on the charge was scheduled for June 27, 1988. On that date, however, a detective from the police department of the city of Wilkes-Barre, which had filed the charge following a police “sting” operation, withdrew the charge against appellee. The district justice denied appellee’s objection to the…