Commonwealth v. Jefferson

OLSZEWSKI, J.:

¶ 1 The Commonwealth appeals the order of the court below granting appellee’s motion to dismiss pursuant to Pa. R.Crim.P. 6013(g). We reverse.

¶ 2 On March 31, 1998, appellee was convicted of attempted theft and criminal mischief in municipal court. He appealed his conviction to the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County and requested a trial de novo. The court fisted the trial date for June 3, 1998. In the meantime, on April 21, 1998, appellee was sentenced to ten to sixty months for an unrelated probation violation. Thus, he was in state prison (SCI Camp Hill) on his…