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COM. v. AFRICA

524 Pa. 118 (1990)

569 A.2d 920

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Alfonso Robbins AFRICA, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided February 2, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Packel, Philadelphia, Chief, Appeals Div., Stuart B. Lev, for appellant.

Gaele McLaughlin Barthold, Deputy Dist. Atty., Ronald Eisenberg, Philadelphia, Chief, Appeals Div., Norman Gross, for appellee.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, ZAPPALA and PAPADAKOS, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

PAPADAKOS, Justice.

This case requires us once again to clarify our laws governing the right to a speedy trial in Pennsylvania.

Appellant was arrested on June 10, 1984, following a violent confrontation with the Philadelphia police. A criminal complaint was filed on the following day. Trial by jury before Judge Temin began on September 15, 1986, and Appellant was found guilty of simple assault and sentenced to a term of twenty...

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