Commonwealth v. Allen

SHERTZ, Judge:

The Commonwealth appeals from an Order of the court below discharging appellee by virtue of Pa.R.Crim.P. 1100, following his conviction for receiving stolen property.1 For the reasons which follow, we reverse.

A criminal complaint was filed against appellee on January 20,1977 establishing an initial Rule 1100 rúndate of July 18, 1977. On May 3, 1977, appellee executed a written waiver of his Rule 1100 rights and on June 27, 1977 appellee requested a continuance of the pretrial hearing on his application to suppress evidence. The trial court granted the request and rescheduled the…