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COM. v. SCOTT

279 Pa.Super. 8 (1980)

420 A.2d 717

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. James SCOTT, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed June 20, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard Sosnov, Assistant Public Defender, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Steven J. Cooperstein, Assistant District Attorney, Philadelphia, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before CERCONE, President Judge, and PRICE, SPAETH, HESTER, CAVANAUGH, MONTGOMERY and HOFFMAN, JJ.

SPAETH, Judge:

This is an appeal from an order denying a motion for dismissal of charges following appellant's rearrest; after appellant's first arrest, the same charges had been dismissed. Appellant argues that dismissal was required by Rule 141(d) of the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, as it read before its recent amendment,1 because the cost of the first prosecution had...

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