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COMMONWEALTH v. DITZLER et al.

443 Pa. 73 (1971)

Commonwealth v. Ditzler et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

May 13, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick S. Wolf and Beaver, Wolf & Brandt, for appellants.

George E. Christianson, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before BELL, C.J., JONES, COHEN, EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS and POMEROY, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE EAGEN, May 13, 1971:

The sole but difficult and important question posed by this appeal is whether or not the appellants were denied their constitutional right to a speedy trial.1

The facts are as follows:

On February 15, 1965, the appellants, Charles G. Ditzler and Leon Ruhl, were indicted in Lebanon County on charges of prison breach, robbery by assault and force and larceny of a motor vehicle,...

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