Commonwealth v. McNeal

SPAETH, Judge:

The question raised on this appeal is whether appellant was denied effective assistance of counsel when counsel failed to preserve for appeal the question of timely trial under Rule 1100.

A criminal complaint charging appellant with theft by deception was filed on January 7, 1975. Two more such complaints were filed on March 12, 1975. At these times, appellant was a fugitive from Virginia authorities on unrelated charges. He was subsequently apprehended in Washington, D. C., and was jailed there on federal charges.

On August 18, 1975, Peter D. Ward, assistant federal public…