2230 | Pa. Super. Ct. | May 29, 1981
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant
v.
Parris JACKSON a/k/a Terrance Berry.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania.
Jane Cutler Greenspan, Assistant District Attorney, Philadelphia, for Commonwealth, appellant.
*431 Karl Baker, Assistant Public Defender, Philadelphia, for appellee.
Before PRICE, MONTEMURO and VAN der VOORT, JJ.
PRICE, Judge:
This is a Commonwealth appeal from an order granting the appellee's petition to dismiss pursuant to Pa.R.Crim.P. 1100. We reverse and remand for trial.
In Commonwealth v. Bell, 245 Pa. Super. 164" court="Pa. Super. Ct." date_filed="1976-11-22" href="https://app.midpage.ai/document/commonwealth-v-bell-1919759?utm_source=webapp" opinion_id="1919759">245 Pa.Super. 164, 369 A.2d 345 (1976), aff'd 481 Pa. 229" court="Pa." date_filed="1978-10-05" href="https://app.midpage.ai/document/commonwealth-v-bell-2065132?utm_source=webapp" opinion_id="2065132">481 Pa. 229, 392 A.2d 691 (1978), we held that Pa.R.Crim.P. 1100 does not apply to juvenile proceedings and attaches only when a juvenile case is transferred to adult court. Recently, we have reaffirmed that position and additionally rejected a Due Process and Equal Protection attack on that holding. Commonwealth v. Sadler, ___ Pa.Super. ___ (filed April 3, 1981); Commonwealth v. Mitchell, 283 Pa.Super. 455, 424 A.2d 897 (1981).
Accordingly the order of September 10, 1980 is reversed and the case remanded for trial.