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COM. v. CROWLEY

502 Pa. 393 (1983)

466 A.2d 1009

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Joseph CROWLEY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 18, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald T. Williamson, Chief, Appeals Div., Joseph Hylan, Norristown, for appellant.

Douglas M. Johnson, Chief Appeals Div., Francis Walsh, Norristown, for appellee.

Before NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, HUTCHINSON and ZAPPALA, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

HUTCHINSON, Justice.

This is the Commonwealth's appeal from an opinion and order of Superior Court discharging appellee, Joseph Crowley, because his Pa.R.Crim.P. 1100 rights were violated and his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to protect those rights. Superior Court held that the Pa.R.Crim.P. 1100(c) extension Common Pleas granted the Commonwealth was unjustified because it failed to establish unavoidable judicial delay under...

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