Commonwealth v. Cutillo

Opinion by

Hoffman, J.,

Appellant, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, contends that the lower court erred in granting the appel-lee’s petition to dismiss charges pending against him. The appellee was not brought to trial within 270 days after the filing of the complaint, as required by Rule 1100, Pa. R. Crim. P.

On November 8, 1973, a criminal complaint was filed charging the appellee with blackmail and cheating by fraudulent pretenses. On November 26, 1973, the grand jury returned a bill of indictment on these two counts. 1 Under Rule 1100(a):(l)i, as adopted June 8, 1973, “[tjrial in a court…