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COM. v. SHELTON

239 Pa.Super. 195 (1976)

Commonwealth v. Shelton, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

March 29, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan J. Davis, with him Wolf, Block, Schorr & SolisCohen, for appellant.

James Garrett, Assistant District Attorney, with him Mark Sendrow and Steven H. Goldblatt, Assistant District Attorneys, Abraham J. Gafni, Deputy District Attorney, and F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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

OPINION BY PRICE, J., March 29, 1976:

This is an appeal1 from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County denying the appellant's petition to dismiss the charges against him for violation of his right to a speedy trial under Rule 1100(a)(1) of the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure.2 For the reasons stated herein, we reverse the order below and discharge the appellant.

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