Commonwealth v. Faison

BROSKY, Judge:

The sole issue before us in this appeal is whether the lower court erred in dismissing charges that had been filed against the appellee. The court dismissed the assault1 and recklessly endangering another person2 charges on the grounds that appellee could not be timely tried, as required by Pa.R.Crim.P. 1100. The court therefore denied a petition for extension of time which had been filed by the Commonwealth, dismissed the charges and discharged appellee. We reverse and remand for trial.

A complaint was filed on February 28, 1980 charging appellee with the above listed crimes.…