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COM. v. GUIMENTO

341 Pa.Super. 95 (1985)

491 A.2d 166

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Casper GUIMENTO, a/k/a Cappy Guimento.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed March 29, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Giebus, Assistant District Attorney, Wilkes-Barre, for Commonwealth, appellant.

Thomas Hanlon, Scranton, for appellee.

Before McEWEN, CIRILLO and HESTER, JJ.

CIRILLO, Judge:

"A statute of limitations instead of being viewed in an unfavorable light as an unjust and discreditable defense, should have received such support from courts of justice as would have made it, what it was intended emphatically to be, a statute of repose." Bell v. Morrison, 26 U.S. (1 Pet.) 349, 360, 7 L.Ed. 174 (1828).

The Commonwealth appeals an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne County dismissing a conspiracy

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