Commonwealth v. Free

OPINION BY

McCAFFERY, J.:

¶ 1 Appellant, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, appeals from the trial court’s order granting, in part, Appellee Ryan Free’s motion to dismiss the criminal charges filed against him. 1 Specifically, the Commonwealth seeks a determination of whether the trial court abused its discretion in finding that Appellee’s due process rights would be violated if he were required to go to trial in the absence of evidence that had been destroyed. After careful consideration of the applicable law and a thorough review of the certified record, we reverse and remand for further…