Commonwealth v. Far

*711 OPINION

Justice McCAFFERY.

This case presents a question of law as to the interplay of two prompt trial rules: Pennsylvania Rule of Criminal Procedure (“Pa.R.Crim.P.”) 600, which is applicable to trial courts statewide, and Pa.R.Crim.P. 1013(A)(4), which is applicable only when a case originates in the Court of Common Pleas, but then is transferred to Philadelphia Municipal Court. Because we have determined that the Superior Court incorrectly applied Rule 1013 to the circumstances of this case, we reverse.

On February 6, 2007, following a narcotics investigation and surveillance operation by…