Commonwealth v. Lee

CERCONE, Judge:

These appeals are taken from the refusal of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas (1) to dismiss the September Term, 1975 indictments against defendants Ronald Lewis and Edward S. Lee on the basis of Rule 1100, Pa.R.Crim.P., 19 P.S. Appendix, and (2) to quash those and the November Term, 1975 indictments on the basis of Commonwealth v. Levinson, 239 Pa.Super. 387, 362 A.2d 1080 (1976). The lower court certified these two questions to us pursuant to the Act of July 31, 1970, P.L. 673, No. 223, Art. V., § 501; 17 P.S. § 211.501(b) (Supp. 1976), which gives this court discretion…