Commonwealth v. McFarland
Commonwealth v. McFarland
Opinion of the Court
Appellant challenges the procedure by which he was certified by the Family Division of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County to stand trial as an adult in the Criminal Section of the same court.
The record reveals that the trial judge of the Family Division gave no reasons in support of his decision to grant the Commonwealth’s certification petition. In such circumstances we have held that the case must be remanded for a new certification hearing. Commonwealth v. Bey, 249 Pa.Super. 185, 375 A.2d 1304 (1977).
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