Commonwealth v. Lynch
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
HESTER, Judge:
By order of the Supreme Court dated February 28, 1979, (Allocatur Docket No. 3926) we have been directed to rule on the Commonwealth’s petitions1 to extend the time under Pa.R.Crim.P. 1100(c) for bringing the defendants to trial, in conjunction with our decisions in the Commonwealth appeals from the granting of the writs of habeas corpus and the discharge of the defendants by the lower court (Lavelle, J.) which are now before us. Therefore, we must first direct our attention to the habeas corpus matters since the Rule 1100 issue becomes moot if the orders of the lower court…
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2Cases cited47 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. SullivanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
- Commonwealth v. RouxSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
- Commonwealth v. HetheringtonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
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