Commonwealth v. Wasserman

OPINION OF THE COURT

EAGEN, Justice.

On June 17, 1971, Irving Wasserman was arrested in Philadelphia and charged with four counts of receiving stolen goods on that day. On August 13, 1971, a preliminary hearing was held and Wasserman was held for action by the grand jury then in session and was so notified. Prior to presentment to the grand jury, a determination was made that the crimes were within the jurisdiction of the Municipal Court and thus the charges were listed-for trial in that court without being submitted to the grand jury.

Trial was first listed in the Municipal Court for November…