COMMONWEALTH v. KING


234 Pa.Super. 247 (1975)

Commonwealth v. King, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

April 22, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David E. Auerbach, Assistant Public Defender, and Kenneth P. Barrow, Public Defender, for appellant.

John G. Siegle, Vram Nedurian, Jr., and Ralph B. D'Iorio, Assistant District Attorneys, and Stephen J. McEwen, Jr., District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before WATKINS, P.J., JACOBS, HOFFMAN, CERCONE, PRICE, VAN DER VOORT, and SPAETH, JJ.


OPINION BY CERCONE, J., April 22, 1975:

On April 27, 1973, appellant sold 120 bags of heroin to an undercover agent and approximately five months later was arrested. Appellant was tried before a jury and found guilty of possession and delivery of heroin. Appellant now appeals claiming that he was denied due process of law due to the five-month delay between the time of the sale and the arrest. Appellant bases his claim on the case of Ross v. United States,...

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