COMMONWEALTH v. TAYLOR


473 Pa. 400 (1977)

374 A.2d 1274

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. James TAYLOR, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 8, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Dean, John R. Cook, Pittsburgh, for appellant.

Robert E. Colville, Dist. Atty., Robert L. Eberhardt, Louis R. Paulick, Asst. Dist. Attys., Charles W. Johns, Pittsburgh, for appellee.

Before JONES, C.J., and EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY and MANDERINO, JJ.


OPINION OF THE COURT

POMEROY, Justice.

Appellant was convicted in a jury trial of murder in the first degree. Postverdict motions were denied, and the trial court imposed a sentence of life imprisonment. In this appeal from judgment of sentence, Taylor principally assigns as error an order of the lower court granting the Commonwealth's application to extend commencement of trial beyond the 180 day period mandated by Rule 1100 of the Pennsylvania Rules of...

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