Commonwealth v. Yancey

VAN der VOORT, Judge:

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has appealed from two Orders of Court of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County by which the defendant following convictions was discharged pursuant to Pa.R.Crim.P. 1100.1 The relevant facts of each of the two cases being the same, the Commonwealth was granted permission to consolidate the appeals.

On November 29, 1974, the defendant and two co-defendants entered a jewelry store in Philadelphia and robbed the employees of various items of jewelry and cash. The police apprehended the three individuals in the store and discovered…