Commonwealth v. Pitt

Appellant was arrested in March of 1973, when he was approximately I6V2 years of age. He was initially charged with delinquency, and his cases were certified for trial in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County. Later, appellant appeared at hearings in the Family Court Division on additional charges. These charges were also certified to the trial division, and it was ordered appellant be tried as an adult. In September of 1974, a hearing was held in Trial Division on appellant’s petition which requested that he either be declared incompetent to stand trial, and committable under the…