Commonwealth v. Brown

SHUGHART, P. J.,

Defendant has filed an application for pretrial relief. There are four bases for relief alleged and they shall be treated separately.

I. Motion to strike transcript and quash indictment.

The first basis for pretrial relief is a request that the indictment be quashed because a prima facie case was not presented at the prehminary hearing. The record in the case shows that after the prehminary hearing on February 14, 1974, defendant was bound over for court and posted bond. It is well estabhshed that when a defendant has given bail for court appearance, a motion to quash the…