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COM. v. COLEMAN

477 Pa. 400 (1978)

383 A.2d 1268

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Joshua COLEMAN.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 23, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William T. Nicholas, Dist. Atty., Ross Weiss, 1st Asst. Dist. Atty., Eric J. Cox, Asst. Dist. Atty., for appellant.

Calvin S. Drayer, Jr., Asst. Public Defender, Chief, Appeals Div., Geo. B. Ditter, for appellee.

Before EAGEN, C.J., and O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX, MANDERINO and PACKEL, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

O'BRIEN, Justice.

This appeal by the Commonwealth is from an order of the Superior Court which reversed the judgment of sentence and ordered that Joshua Coleman, appellee, be discharged pursuant to Rule 1100 of the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure.

On September 24, 1974, Coleman was charged with burglary and theft. Prior to trial and the running of the 180-day period, the Commonwealth...

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