2013 Pa. Super. 76 - Commonwealth v. Brooks’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. “While we must give deference to the trial court, we can find little support in the record for the contention that Brooks was engaged in an improper attempt to delay his trial. Of the six continuance motions, three suggested that Brooks was not even in the courtroom, as in the place of Brooks’ signature is written “ATTY WILL NOTIFY DEF.” Much of the documentation regarding these motions is incomplete, and thus it is difficult for this Court to discern from the original record the reasons for each continuance. There is, however, evidence on the record that the proceedings were delayed by waiting for federal authorities to forward relevant records____ On the first day of trial, Brooks’ counsel told the court that four days earlier he had received “140 pages of transcripts from Federal Court which [Brooks] had not had a chance to read.” This also supports a finding that there was delay in obtaining documentation regarding the related federal prosecution of Brooks. None of this suggests Brooks was engaged in an improper attempt to delay or frustrate the proceedings.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth, Aplt. v. Brooks, W.