Commonwealth v. Burrell

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

Appellant Robert Burrell appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia revoking a sentence of ten years’ probation and imposing a sentence of two to twenty years’ imprisonment because of appellant’s conviction for a firearms offense committed two months prior to the completion of his probation. Appellant alleges that the revocation of his probation was improper because the revocation hearing was not held within a reasonable time, the hearing judge was not impartial, and appellant was denied the right to cross-examine the investigator…