Commonwealth v. Montgomery

OPINION BY

JOYCE, J.:

¶ 1 These consolidated appeals arise from Dorian Lamont Montgomery’s (Appellant) appeal from the judgment of sentence entered on March 4, 2003, in the Alegheny County Court of Common Pleas, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s (the Commonwealth) appeal from the September 9, 2003 order granting Appellant’s motion to dismiss pursuant to Pa.R.Crim.P. 600. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the judgment of sentence, and we reverse the order dismissing four charges on Rule 600 grounds. The relevant facts and procedural history underlying these appeals are as follows.

¶2 On…