Commonwealth v. Demby

OPINION

LARSEN, Justice.

In a criminal complaint filed on March 22, 1975, appellee, Earl Demby, was charged with robbery, assault, conspiracy and weapons offenses. Appellee was arrested on March 24, 1975.

On October 6, 1975 the Commonwealth filed a petition1 to *511extend the Pa.R.Crim.P. 1100 “run date”.2 The Commonwealth contended that its petition was timely filed. However, the appellee asserted that the petition was untimely filed because the Rule 1100 run date was allegedly September 18, 1975. On October 21, 1975, the Honorable Julian F. King denied the petition as untimely filed because, as he…