# Commonwealth v. FAR

> Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · April 26, 2011 · 610 Pa. 11

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/2559180

## Case

- **Full name:** COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Petitioner v. Nasir FAR, Respondent; Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Petitioner v. Regina Little, Respondent; Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Petitioner v. Garnell Brown, Respondent
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- **Decided:** April 26, 2011
- **Citations:** 610 Pa. 11; 17 A.3d 922
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion
- **Judges:** Per Curiam
- **Cited by:** 1 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

ORDER
PER CURIAM.
AND NOW, this 26th day of April, 2011, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue, reworded for clarity, is:
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When a case that was transferred from the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas to Philadelphia Municipal Court is later transferred back to the Court of Common Pleas, is the case governed by Pa.R.Crim.P. 600, the prompt trial rule applicable to the Court of Common Pleas or Pa.R.Crim.P. 1013, the prompt trial rule applicable to the Philadelphia Municipal Court?

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