Commonwealth v. Hill

Although I concur in the disposition of Commonwealth v. Hill, I must respectfully dissent from the disposition of Commonwealth v. Cornell.

The criminal complaint against Cornell was filed on March 4,1992. On June 7,1995, Cornell filed a motion to dismiss the charges pursuant to Pa.R.Crim.P. 1100.1 The Lackawanna *265County Common Pleas Court agreed with Cornell that a technical violation of Rule 1100 had occurred and further found that the Commonwealth had failed to meet its burden of proving that it had acted with due diligence in bringing Cornell to trial. Accordingly, the court dismissed the…