Commonwealth v. Whiting

OPINION OF THE COURT

FLAHERTY, Justice.

Appellant Glenn Whiting’s petition for allowance of appeal from the Order of the Superior Court, Commonwealth v. Whiting, 333 Pa.Super. 633, 482 A.2d 670 (1984), affirming the judgment of sentence of the trial court, 1 was granted to consider the manner of computing time under Pa.R. Crim.P. 1100 where a committing magistrate dismisses charges pursuant to a Commonwealth motion to dismiss.

On the basis of the statement of a co-actor, a complaint charging appellant with, inter alia, robbery, kidnapping and various weapons offenses was filed on June 12, 1980.…