Fay v. Commonwealth

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• judge’s oral recitation of reasons for revocation, when transcribed, satisfies requirement of written statement by fact finder
• no right to preliminary hearing where probationer not taken into custody prior to final hearing
• recusal not required in contempt case where judge presided over previous hearing during which he received financial statement he characterized as “an insult to the court”
• judge’s oral statement on record, when transcribed, satisfied requirement of written record
• oral recitals of reasons when transcribed sufficient to satisfy written statement by fact finder
• judge's transcribed review of evidence satisfied due process requirements

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).