Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Terfinko
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 13, 1984No. 77 E.D. Appeal Dkt. 1982PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
HUTCHINSON, Justice.
This is yet another Rule 1100 case. Here the Commonwealth appeals by allowance the order of Superior Court, 298 Pa.Super. 640, 445 A.2d 202, affirming the grant of appellee, Barry Lee Terfinko’s, Motion in Arrest of Judgment. Lehigh County Court of Common Pleas, en banc, had granted that motion based on its opinion that the Commonwealth had not shown due diligence in bringing appellee to trial. The court en banc concluded that the Commonwealth was, therefore, not entitled to the extension of time to commence trial which had been granted by the…
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