Commonwealth v. FAR

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 26, 2011

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · decided 2011-04-26

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently June 2012

1 state decisions

Key passage — most relied on by later courts

“When a case that was transferred from the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas to Philadelphia Municipal Court is later transferred back to the Court of Common Pleas, is the case governed by Pa. R.Crim.P. 600, the prompt trial rule applicable to the Court of Common Pleas[,] or Pa.R.Crim.P. 1013, the prompt trial rule applicable to the Philadelphia Municipal Court?”

quoted by 1 later decision, including Commonwealth v. Far

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Decided 2011-04-26

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¶1 ORDER

PER CURIAM.

¶2 AND NOW, this 26th day of April, 2011, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue, reworded for clarity, is:

*12 When a case that was transferred from the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas to Philadelphia Municipal Court is later transferred back to the Court of Common Pleas, is the case governed by Pa.R.Crim.P. 600, the prompt trial rule applicable to the Court of Common Pleas or Pa.R.Crim.P. 1013, the prompt trial rule applicable to the Philadelphia Municipal Court?