COM. v. DORSEY


294 Pa.Super. 584 (1982)

440 A.2d 619

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Eleanor DORSEY.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed January 29, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric B. Henson, Assistant District Attorney, Philadelphia, for Commonwealth, appellant.

Elaine DeMasse, Assistant Public Defender, Philadelphia, for appellee.

Before SPAETH, WIEAND and JOHNSON, JJ.


SPAETH, Judge:

This is an appeal by the Commonwealth from an order discharging appellee under Rule 1100(f). The lower court held that the police had not exercised due diligence in looking for appellee, and that the period between the offense and appellee's arrest should therefore not be excluded from the period within which appellee had to be tried. We reverse.

On August 12, 1977, appellee stabbed Eugenia...

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