Commonwealth v. Corbin

OLSZEWSKI, Judge:

This is an appeal from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County granting Albert Corbin’s (hereinafter appellee's) motion to dismiss pursuant to Rule 1100(c). 1 On appeal, the Commonwealth submits that the trial court improperly ordered appellee discharged after concluding that the Commonwealth was not duly diligent in bringing appellant to trial. For the following reasons, we reverse.

This case arose as the result of the stabbing of one Shernon Blair, on April 20, 1987, as he stood on the front steps of his home. On that same date, appellee was arrested…