Commonwealth v. Murphy

LIPEZ, Judge:

This is a Commonwealth appeal from a pre-trial order dismissing all charges against the defendants, Philadelphia police detectives Robert Murphy and John Filler, on the ground that their due process rights were violated by a *248pre-arrest delay of 32 months. We vacate the order, reinstate all charges, and remand for disposition of defendants’ other pre-trial motions which remain outstanding.

The charges1 against detectives Murphy and Filler arose out of an alleged beating of Amos Singleton on December 23, 1975, after a preliminary hearing held at the 14th police district on robbery…