Commonwealth v. Barbour, D., Aplt.

SAYLOR, C.J., BAER, TODD, DONOHUE, DOUGHERTY, WECHT, MUNDY, JJ.

OPINION

JUSTICE WECHT

In Commonwealth v. Steltz , 522 Pa. 233 , 560 A.2d 1390 (1989), this Court held that a criminal defendant's failure to appear at a trial scheduled within the time period provided by the speedy trial guarantee of the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure 1 constitutes a waiver of that defendant's right to seek a remedy under that rule. Today, we consider whether the Steltz waiver rule applies to a defendant who absented himself from an untimely trial-one that violated Rule 600 before the defendant failed to…