COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant,
v.
Andrew REVTAI, Appellee.
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant,
v.
Dennis Allen BRIGGS, Appellee.
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant,
v.
Alan Keith SEEGER, Appellee.
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant,
v.
Cathryn Lee PRESS, Appellee.
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant,
v.
Monroe C. HATCHER, Sr., Appellee.
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant,
v.
Michael T. McCONVILLE, Appellee.
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Argued March 12, 1987.
Decided October 15, 1987.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Robert E. Colville, Dist. Atty., Robert L. Eberhardt, Deputy Dist. Atty., Pittsburgh, for appellant in No. 5 W.D. Appeal Docket 1986 and No. 48 W.D. Appeal Docket 1986.
Ray F. Gricar, Dist. Attorney's Office, Bellefonte, for appellant in No. 5 M.D. Appeal Docket 1986 and No. 6 M.D. Appeal Docket 1986.
Richard A. Lewis, Dist. Atty., David E. Hershey, Asst. Dist. Atty., Katherene E. Holtzinger-Conner, Yvonne A. Okonieski, Deputy Dist. Attys., Harrisburg, for appellant in No. 27 M.D. Appeal Docket 1986.
William H. Platt, Dist. Atty., Allentown, for appellant in No. 1 E.D. Appeal Docket 1987.
Gregory P. Voci, Asst. Dist. Atty., Norristown, for amicus curiae in No. 5 W.D. Appeal Docket 1986.
Joseph S. Mistick, William R. Sittig, Jr., Pittsburgh, for Andrew Revtai in No. 5 W.D. Appeal Docket 1986.
Martin M. Scoratow, Lyn C. Ackerman, Pittsburgh, for Dennis Allen Briggs in No. 48 W.D. Appeal Docket 1986.
Kimberly Hamilton, Edward S. Blanarik, Bellefonte, for Alan Keith Seeger and Cathryn Lee Press in No. 5 M.D. Appeal Docket 1986 and No. 6 M.D. Appeal Docket 1986.
Arthur K. Dils, Francis A. Zulli, Harrisburg, for Monroe C. Hatcher, Sr., in No. 27 M.D. Appeal Docket 1986.
David Smith, Bethlehem, for Michael T. McConville in No. 1 E.D. Appeal Docket 1987.
Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, HUTCHINSON, ZAPPALA and PAPADAKOS, JJ.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
OPINION
McDERMOTT, Justice.
These cases were consolidated in order to address a common issue, to wit: whether a violation of Rule 130(d) of the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure mandates immediate dismissal of a criminal complaint without inquiry into the prejudice suffered by the defendant. The germane facts of these cases are set out below.
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No. 5 W.D. Appeal Docket 1986
Appellee, Andrew Revtai, was arrested by an officer...
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