COM. v. DYGERT


277 Pa.Super. 544 (1980)

419 A.2d 1282

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Helen Marie DYGERT, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed May 2, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Truax, Assistant Public Defender, Meadville, for appellant.

Stephen Toole, Assistant District Attorney, Meadville, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before SPAETH, HOFFMAN and VAN der VOORT, JJ.


HOFFMAN, Judge:

The issue presented by this appeal is whether the Rule 1100 period began to run from the date of appellant's warrantless arrest or from the date a criminal complaint was filed against her. We hold that the period began to run at the time the complaint was filed, and, accordingly, we affirm the judgment of sentence.

On the evening of September 23, 1977, Sergeant Charles Shaw of the Meadville, Pennsylvania, police department arrested appellant...

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