Commonwealth v. Preston

OPINION BY

HUDOCK, J.:

¶ 1 This is an appeal from an order that denied Appellant’s petition to the court of common pleas for a writ of certiorari. We affirm.

¶ 2 On July 31, 2003, Appellant was arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance (crack cocaine).1 The preliminary arraignment was conducted on August 1, 2003, and the matter was held for trial in the Philadelphia Municipal Court. The Commonwealth was scheduled to turn over discovery documents on September 10, 2003, but the file was incomplete, and the case was continued. The Commonwealth handed over the discovery…