Commonwealth v. Scher

OPINION ANNOUNCING THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

Justice NEWMAN.

We granted the Commonwealth’s Petition for Allowance of Appeal to decide whether the Commonwealth violated Stephen Barry Scher’s (Scher) rights to due process of law under the United States Constitution and Article 1, Section 9 of the Constitution of Pennsylvania by the twenty-year delay in charging Scher with the murder of Martin Dillon (Dillon). We find that the twenty-year delay did not violate the due process rights of Scher and reverse the Superior Court.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Martin Dillon died of a gunshot wound to the…