Commonwealth v. Snyder

BECK, Judge:

The issues in this case involve questions of (1) whether a person with prior driving under the influence of alcohol or controlled substances convictions under 75 Pa.Cons.Stat. Ann. § 3731 (Purdon Supp.1988) may obtain a preliminary disposition in lieu of criminal proceedings under the drug dependent statute 35 Pa.Stat.Ann. § 780-118(a) (Purdon 1977) 1 ; (2) whether filing an information eight months after arrest requires dismissal pursuant to either Pa.R.Crim.P. 130(b), (d), 131(b), or 315(a); (3) whether there was adequate evidence of chain of custody to allow the results of a…