Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Guimento
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 29, 1985No. 728PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CIRILLO, Judge:
“A statute of limitations instead of being viewed in an unfavorable light as an unjust and discreditable defense, should have received such support from courts of justice as would have made it, what it was intended emphatically to be, a statute of repose.” Bell v. Morrison, 26 U.S. (1 Pet.) 349, 360, 7 L.Ed. 174 (1828).
The Commonwealth appeals an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne County dismissing a conspiracy to commit arson charge against appellee Casper Guimento. We affirm.
On July 5, 1983, appellee was arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit arson. 18…
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