Commonwealth v. Lewis

JACOBS, Judge:

The only issue raised on appeal is whether appellant’s trial was held in violation of Pa.R.Crim.P. 1100 which requires that a person charged with a crime be brought to trial within 180 days of the filing of a criminal complaint. The complaint charging the appellant with burglary was filed on March 10, 1975.1 A preliminary hearing was scheduled for March 19, 1975, but because a lie detector test was requested by appellant, the preliminary hearing was postponed indefinitely and not held until June 18,1975. The lie detector test was administered on April 15, 1975, and the results…