Opinion
June 12, 1973.
September 19, 1973.
Criminal Law — Juveniles — Commitment to penal institutions or other facilities — "Child" — Separate facilities for juvenile delinquents — Camp Hill — Juvenile Act of December 6, 1972, P.L. , No. 333.
Commonwealth ex rel. Parker v. Patton, 225 Pa. Super. 217, Held controlling.
Before WRIGHT, P.J., WATKINS, JACOBS, HOFFMAN, SPAULDING, CERCONE, and SPAETH, JJ.
Appeals, Nos. 1248 to 1253, inclusive, Oct. T., 1973, from order of Court of Common Pleas, Family Court Division, of Philadelphia, Oct. T., 1972, No. 8135, Nov. T., 1972, Nos. 8752 and 8753, Dec. T., 1972, No. 9295, July T., 1972, No. 5394, Jan. T., 1973, Nos. 178 and 180, and Feb. T., 1973, Nos. 1075 and 1076, in case of Commonwealth ex rel. Curtis Stokes v. Ernest S. Patton, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Camp Hill, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, in re Stephen Young; in re Nathaniel Jenkins; in re Wilbert Richards; in re Charles Leach. Order affirmed.
Proceeding upon petitions for writ of habeas corpus and to reconsider commitments to State Correctional Institution at Camp Hill. Before MONTEMURO, JR., PISCIOTTA and TRANCHITELLA, JJ.
Order entered dismissing petitions. Relator and defendants appealed.
Michael L. Levy, Assistant Defender, and Vincent J. Ziccardi, Defender, for appellants.
Lewis P. Mitrano and Milton M. Stein, Assistant District Attorneys, Richard A. Sprague, First Assistant District Attorney, and Arlen Specter, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.
JACOBS, J., concurred in the result.
Submitted June 12, 1973.
Order of the lower court affirmed.
This appeal is governed by the decision rendered in the companion case of Commonwealth ex rel. Parker v. Patton, 225 Pa. Super. 217 (1973).
JACOBS, J., concurs in the result.