Court Opinion

ID: 9451291
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-04 17:12:47.395334+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:32:39.087984
License: Public Domain

McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judge
(concurring).
Appellant was denied due process in that he was denied the right to confront and cross-examine his accusers. Solely because of this violation of his constitutional rights his commitment is invalid. I therefore agree that the order of the district court be vacated and that a reasonable time be allowed the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to take further appellate steps in this cause or to proceed with a new trial of appellant on the merits. I specifically disagree with the proposition that there is any question in this case whether appellant was entitled to a jury trial. As Judge Staley has shown, he had no such right.