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COM. v. FAR

Nos. 29 EAP 2011, 30 EAP 2011, 31 EAP 2011

46 A.3d 709 (2012)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant v. Nasir FAR, Appellee. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Appellant v. Regina Little, Appellee. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Appellant v. Garnell Brown, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Submitted February 1, 2012.

Decided June 18, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh J. Burns, Jr. , Ronald Eisenberg , Philadelphia, Max Cooper Kaufman , Philadelphia District Attorney's Office, Joseph E. McGettigan III , Rufus Seth Williams , Office of the District Attorney of Phialdelphia County, for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Holly C. Dobrosky , Guy R. Sciolla , Law Offices of Guy R. Sciolla, Philadelphia, for Nasir Far.

Holly C. Dobrosky , for Regina Little.

Salvatore C. Adamo , for Garnell Brown.

BEFORE: CASTILLE, C.J., SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, TODD, McCAFFERY, ORIE MELVIN, JJ.

OPINION

Justice McCAFFERY.

This case presents a question of law as to the interplay of two prompt trial rules: Pennsylvania Rule of Criminal Procedure ("Pa.R.Crim.P.") 600, which is applicable to trial courts statewide, and Pa.R.Crim.P. 1013(A)(4), which is applicable only when a case originates in the Court of Common Pleas, but then is transferred to Philadelphia Municipal Court. Because we have determined...

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