Commonwealth v. Milano

HOFFMAN, Judge:

Appellants contend that their prosecutions were not timely commenced. We disagree and, accordingly, affirm the judgments of sentence.

Following a lengthy joint state-federal investigation, the Commonwealth obtained, on March 18,1980, arrest warrants charging appellants with certain drug offenses 1 and criminal conspiracy 2 arising from their activities between March 28, 1978 and April 13, 1978. Appellants were arrested on March 19, 1980, and informations were filed on April 16, 1980. Following the denial of their motions to dismiss the charges on the ground that the statute of…