COMMONWEALTH v. SCHER


803 A.2d 1204 (2002)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Stephen Barry SCHER, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided August 20, 2002.

Reargument Denied October 7, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Michael Fisher, Atty. Gen., William H. Ryan, Jr., Robert A. Graci, Marianne Kreisher Fogelsanger, Harrisburg, for Commonwealth.

John P. Moses, Moses & Gelso, LLP, Wilkes Barre, for Stephen Barry Scher.


OPINION ANNOUNCING THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

Justice NEWMAN.

We granted the Commonwealth's Petition for Allowance of Appeal to decide whether the Commonwealth violated Stephen Barry Scher's (Scher) rights to due process of law under the United States Constitution and Article 1, Section 9 of the Constitution of Pennsylvania by the twenty-year delay in charging Scher with the murder of Martin Dillon...

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