Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Montione
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided November 24, 1998No. 93-CR-1506PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
FLAHERTY, Chief Justice.
We granted allocatur in this case solely to resolve an issue of first impression whether filing pretrial motions tolls the statutory time limitations of the Interstate Agreement on Detainers (IAD), 42 Pa.C.S. § 9101 et seq.
On December 23, 1994, the Lackawanna County district attorney, pursuant to the IAD, filed a request for temporary custody of appellant who was then serving a 168 month sentence in the U.S. penitentiary at Lewisburg, Pennsylvania for a conviction on federal drug charges. The district attorney sought to try appellant on a charge of…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- David Andrew Birdwell v. Jack Skeen, Jr., Criminal District Attorney of Smith County, TexasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993
- Bernard Stroble v. Charles Anderson, Warden, State Prison of Southern Michigan, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1978
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3Cited by20 opinions
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