Commonwealth v. Bussey
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
EAGEN, Chief Justice.
Bruce B. Bussey, appellant, was convicted of murder of the first degree following a nonjury trial in the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County. Post-verdict motions were denied, and judgment of sentence of life imprisonment was imposed. This appeal followed.
Bussey raises two issues seeking discharge or the grant of a new trial.
In support of his request for discharge, Bussey maintains the trial court erred in denying his application for an order dismissing the charges pursuant to Pa.R.Crim.P. 1100(f).
While trial did not commence within two hundred seventy (270) days…
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