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Commonwealth v. Keane

Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Jun 16, 1967
232 A.2d 760 (Pa. Super. Ct. 1967)

Opinion

Submitted September 15, 1966.

June 16, 1967.

Indictment charging defendant with burglary. Before ROBINSON, J. Appeal, No. 534, Oct. T., 1966, from judgment of sentence of Court of Oyer and Terminer of Lackawanna County, Oct. T., 1955, No. 16. Submitted September 15, 1966.

James W. Walker, for appellant; James E. O'Brien, First Assistant District Attorney, and Joseph J. Cimino, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.


The judgment of sentence is vacated and the record remanded to the lower court for a hearing to determine whether the written waiver of indictment by a grand jury was knowingly and intelligently made by the defendant. Commonwealth v. Phillips, 208 Pa. Super. 121, 220 A.2d 345 (1966), affirmed, 424 Pa. 641, 226 A.2d 863 (1967). Should the lower court find that the waiver of indictment merit was knowingly and intelligently made, it shall enter an order to that effect and the judgment of sentence will be reinstated. Should the lower court find that the waiver was not knowingly and intelligently made, it may proceed in a manner consistent with our opinion in Commonwealth v. Howard, 210 Pa. Super. 284, 232 A.2d 207 (1967).

Record remanded for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.

HOFFMAN, J., absent.


Summaries of

Commonwealth v. Keane

Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Jun 16, 1967
232 A.2d 760 (Pa. Super. Ct. 1967)
Case details for

Commonwealth v. Keane

Case Details

Full title:Commonwealth v. Keane, Appellant

Court:Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Date published: Jun 16, 1967

Citations

232 A.2d 760 (Pa. Super. Ct. 1967)
232 A.2d 760