Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 7/5/1979

Commonwealth v. Brown

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402 A.2d 1007
485 Pa. 368
1979 Pa. LEXIS 612

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where evidence is substantially same as that originally ruled upon by first judge, second judge commits abuse of discretion in overruling or vacating prior order
where the evidence is substantially the same as that originally ruled upon by the first judge, a second judge commits a per se abuse of discretion in overruling or vacating the prior order
“[W]here the evidence is substantially the same as that originally ruled upon by the first judge, a second judge commits a per se abuse of discretion in overruling or vacating the prior order.”
dicta indicating that new evidence may warrant reconsideration of transfer order
where the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania granted permission to appeal although this Court denied permission to appeal on the issue of whether a judge had the authority to review a decision of a judge from another division of the same court of common pleas
where the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania granted permission to appeal although this Court denied permission to appeal on the issue of whether a judge had the authority to review a decision of a judge from another division of the same court of common pleas

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Judges: Eagen, O'Brien, Roberts, Nix, Manderino, Larsen, Flaherty

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