Commonwealth v. Landis

The Commonwealth appeals two pre-trial orders, which were entered on April 14, 2010, and August 12, 2010, in the Court of Common Pleas of Berks County, in two related criminal cases pertaining to Appellee William R. Landis, Jr., who was charged in connection with the murder of his wife, as well as the assault on police officers who attempted to take him into custody following a lengthy standoff.1 On appeal, the Commonwealth contends (1) with regard to Appellee’s case involving the assault on the police officers, the trial court erred in granting Appellee’s request for a writ of habeas corpus…