Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. O'Shea

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 29, 1976PublishedCited by 107 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

EAGEN, Justice.

This is an appeal 1 by the Commonwealth from an order entered in the trial court granting a motion to dismiss with prejudice certain criminal charges against Ronald O’Shea and discharging him from custody. The motion was filed and the order entered pursuant to Rule 1100, § (f) of the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure. 2 For the reasons stated herein, we affirm the order of the court.

The facts on which the court granted the order are as follows:

On March 22, 1972, O’Shea was convicted of murder in the first degree. On April 23, 1974, this Court reversed…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Barker v. WingoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Commonwealth v. HamiltonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
  3. Commonwealth v. WoodsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  4. Commonwealth v. CarterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  5. Commonwealth v. CarterSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1974

3Cited by107 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. SheltonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
  2. Commonwealth v. MitchellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  3. Commonwealth v. O'SheaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
  4. Commonwealth v. WadeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  5. Jones v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1981

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