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Commonwealth v. Africa

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided February 2, 1990No. 172 Eastern District Appeal Docket 1988PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

PAPADAKOS, Justice.

This case requires us once again to clarify our laws governing the right to a speedy trial in Pennsylvania.

Appellant was arrested on June 10, 1984, following a violent confrontation with the Philadelphia police. A criminal complaint was filed on the following day. Trial by jury before Judge Temin began on September 15, 1986, and Appellant was found guilty of simple assault and sentenced to a term of twenty-four months probation to run concurrently with another sentence already being served in prison. A total of twenty-seven months elapsed between the…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Barker v. WingoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Klopfer v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. United States v. MacDonaldSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  4. Commonwealth v. MayfieldSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
  5. Commonwealth v. HamiltonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. SpenceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1993
  2. Commonwealth v. KimbroughSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
  3. Commonwealth v. KearseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
  4. Commonwealth v. JacksonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2000
  5. Commonwealth v. HawkSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1991

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