Commonwealth v. Brown

GANTMAN, J.:

¶ 1 Appellant, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, asks us to determine whether the trial court erred in granting the Rule 600 motion to dismiss, filed on behalf of Appellee, Malik Brown. We hold the court erred in dismissing the case against Appellee, where the Commonwealth exercised due diligence and did not engage in any misconduct designed to evade Appel-lee’s fundamental speedy trial rights. Accordingly, we reverse.

¶ 2 The relevant facts and procedural history of this appeal are as follows. On April 14, 1999, John Wilson was shot to death at a playground in North Philadelphia.…