Commonwealth v. Jordan

By Judge D. Arthur Kelsey

The defendant, Donald Jordan, claims that the Commonwealth’s prosecution of this case violates his speedy trial rights. Having been in custody for more than five months prior to his trial, Jordan argues that a clear violation of his statutory speedy trial rights has been shown. Based upon uncontested evidence, however, the Court finds that Jordan’s detention was on unrelated charges, thus not implicating his speedy trial rights on the charges in this case. In addition, the Court holds that Jordan waived any speedy trial objection he may have had by failing to object…