Commonwealth v. Snyder

I dissent from the majority’s position that the entire period of time between Defendant’s failure to appear and his subsequent apprehension on an outstanding bench warrant, is a period of delay resulting from the unavailability of Appellant and is therefore excludable in determining the period for commencement of trial.

Defense counsel sent the District Attorney (D.A.) of Lycoming County a letter dated January 2, 1986, indicating his representation of Appellant. In this letter he enclosed Appellant’s application for ARD. The D.A., in response to that letter, scheduled Appellant for a CRN test…