Commonwealth Ex Rel. Colbert v. Aytch

OPINION OF THE COURT

O’BRIEN, Justice.

On April 21, 1975, appellant, Drew Kelly Colbert, was arrested in Philadelphia. Appellant’s arrest was premised on his alleged participation in the homicide of Clinton Dunn, Jr., of Aiken County, South Carolina. See § 13 of the *316Uniform Criminal Extradition Act, Act of July 8, 1941, P.L. 288, § 1, et seq., 19 P.S. § 191.1, et seq. Appellant was preliminarily arraigned and a “thirty day” hearing, as required by § 15 of the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act, supra, was scheduled for May 19, 1975. Appellant was ordered detained in the Philadelphia Detention…