Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Malone
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 15, 1976No. 132PublishedCited by 89 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOFFMAN, Judge:
The instant case raises a question of first impression in Pennsylvania: whether an accused is entitled to a hearing to determine whether he has a right to expungement of his arrest record after the charges are dismissed at the preliminary hearing.
On June 16, 1975, appellant was arrested in Harrisburg, and charged with solicitation to commit involuntary deviate sexual intercourse.1 At the time of the arrest, the police took appellant’s photograph and fingerprints as part of the normal “booking” procedure. On June 23, 1975, the charge against the appellant was dismissed at the…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Michelson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Wisconsin v. ConstantineauSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Nancy Sullivan v. C. Francis Murphy, Corporation Counsel of the District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973
- Dale B. Menard v. John N. Mitchell and John Edgar HooverCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1970
- United States v. James P. LinnCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1975
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3Cited by89 opinions
- John Doe v. William H. Webster, Director, FbiCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1979
- Commonwealth v. WexlerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
- City of Pepper Pike v. DoeOhio Supreme Court · 1981
- Commonwealth v. ArmstrongSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
- Commonwealth v. LutzSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
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