Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Meadius
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 29, 2005No. 35 WAP 2003PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Justice SAYLOR.
We allowed appeal in this matter to determine whether a criminal defendant’s rule-based entitlement to a prompt trial was infringed when the Commonwealth filed a criminal complaint, withdrew that complaint, filed a second complaint listing identical charges, and then failed to bring the defendant to trial within one year of the first (but not the second) filing.
*176On January 16, 2001, the Commonwealth filed a criminal complaint charging Appellant, David Meadius, with, inter alia, forgery and insurance fraud. The charges stemmed from allegations that Appellant had obtained…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Barker v. WingoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Klopfer v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Commonwealth v. HamiltonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
- Commonwealth v. HillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
- Commonwealth v. MatisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
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3Cited by48 opinions
- Commonwealth v. CollinsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
- Commonwealth v. JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2006
- Commonwealth v. BradfordSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2012
- Commonwealth v. WholaverSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2010
- Commonwealth v. GoldmanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2013
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