Commonwealth v. Long

WATKINS, Judge:

This case comes to us on appeal from the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, Criminal Division, and involves a Commonwealth appeal from an order of the court below which denied the Commonwealth’s petition seeking to extend the time in which to bring the defendant to trial.

The defendant was arrested on November 1, 1979 when Philadelphia police officers executed a search warrant at defendant’s home and seized over 10,000 quaaludes. The defendant was charged with manufacturing, possession with intent to deliver and knowing possession of a controlled substance in…