Commonwealth v. Borris

HESTER, Judge:

This is an appeal from the judgment of sentence of the Court of Common Pleas of Fayette County. For reasons discussed herein we strike the sentences entered below and grant appellant’s petition to withdraw his guilty pleas.

On April 28, 1975 appellant was arrested and indicted on charges arising out of the infamous “Connellsville Police Cases”.

After the lower court denied motions for a change of venue and to dismiss, appellant filed appeals with this Court. We (per Hoffman, J.) discharged appellant holding that the Commonwealth failed to bring him to trial within the period…