Commonwealth v. Aaron

¶ 1 This is an appeal from the judgment of sentence imposed upon Appellant after she was convicted, at the conclusion of a bench trial, of one count of forgery in connection with an incident involving a sto*41len check.1 She was sentenced to one year of probation and eighty hours of community service and ordered to pay $3,500.00 in restitution. This timely appeal followed. For the reasons that follow, we vacate the judgment of sentence and discharge Appellant due to the Commonwealth’s violation of Pennsylvania Rule of Criminal Procedure 1100.2

¶ 2 The pertinent procedural history may be…