259 Pa. Super. 161 - Commonwealth v. Mitchum’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
May 1980
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Shelton · Commonwealth v. O'Shea · Commonwealth v. Coleman · Commonwealth v. Wallace · 247 Pa. Super. 74 - Commonwealth v. Shields
Most-quoted passages
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“The reason for the decision in Robinson was that otherwise, a defendant who got a stay of proceedings on an early petition could, by virtue of the stay, prevent the Commonwealth from filing a petition under Rule 1100(c) to extend the mandatory period, and then, if his petition to dismiss was denied after the mandatory period had expired, successfully argue that the Commonwealth could not try him because the mandatory period had not been extended. In other words, the defendant would be enabled to benefit from the Commonwealth’s failure to act — file a Rule 1100(c) petition — when the defendant had himself compelled that failure.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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