Commonwealth v. Patterson

Opinion by

Cercone, J.,

This is an appeal brought by the Commonwealth from an order which granted two requests set forth in defendant’s pre-trial application.1

The first issue to be considered concerns the lower court’s dismissal of Count 6 of an indictment against defendant because the charge was brought beyond the statute of limitations. Defendant was charged with Section 3232 of the 1939 Penal Code, i.e., false entries, destroying and abstracting public records. At the time the defendant was charged, the Penal Code’s statute of limitations for this offense was two years and could be tolled…