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Title: Commonwealth Ex Rel. Gordy v. Lyons
Author : January Term, 1968 Supreme Court of Pennsylvania No. 361
Release Date : January 23, 1969
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
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[ 434 Pa. Page 166] On November 8, 1967, Dennis Ball, who was eighteen years of age, was shot to death on a street in Philadelphia. Demetrius
Gordy, the appellant, was taken into police custody and charged with commission of the crime. On January 25, 1968, Gordy was
given a hearing before a juvenile court judge, sitting as a committing magistrate, who directed that Gordy be continued in
custody without bail to await action by the grand jury. Gordy filed a petition for habeas corpus in the Court of Common Pleas
challenging the lawfulness of his detention on the ground that the evidence presented by the Commonwealth before the committing
magistrate was insufficient, as a matter of law, to establish a prima facie case. A hearing1 was held on this petition
on February 27, 1968. The court denied habeas corpus relief and Gordy remained in custody. On March 5, 1968, the case was
presented to the grand jury and Gordy was indicted for the murder of Ball. On April 1, 1968, Gordy filed an appeal in this
Court from the order of the Court of Common Pleas dismissing his action of habeas corpus. The appeal will be quashed.