Commonwealth v. Lord

Opinion by

Price, J.,

This is an appeal by the Commonwealth from an order dismissing the prosecution of the appellee on the basis that the nolle pros, entered in this case, having once been entered, cannot be removed.

Appellee, Kenneth Lord, was arrested on December 3, 1969, as the result of a fire of the Simldns Box Company in Philadelphia on November 28, 1969, and was indicted on January 1, 1970, on two counts: arson and firing personal property. The lower court, on April 15, 1970, revoked appellee’s bail and committed him for a psychiatric examination to determine competency to stand trial.…