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Commonwealth v. Revtai

Citations

  • 532 A.2d 1
  • 516 Pa. 53
  • 1987 Pa. LEXIS 789

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that, in the criminal context, dismissal of prosecutions based on technical violations are highly disfavored
  • interpreting former Rule 130(d); no dismissal of charges in the absence of prejudice to the defendant
  • violation of Pa.R.Crim.P. 130(d) does not require relief in absence of actual prejudice arising from the violation
  • violation of Pa.R.Crim.P. 130(d) does not require relief in absence of actual prejudice arising from the violation
  • when last day of five-day period prescribed in rule of criminal procedure falls on weekend or legal holiday, filing on next day is timely
  • violation of Pa.R.Crim.P. 130(d) does not require relief in absence of actual prejudice arising from the violation

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: McDermott, Nix, Larsen, Flaherty, Papadakos

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