Opinion

Commonwealth v. Coleman

  • 241 Pa. Super. 450
  • 361 A.2d 870
  • 1976 Pa. Super. LEXIS 1988
Court
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Filed
Jun 28, 1976
Status
Published
Author
Cercone
On the bench
Watkins, Jacobs, Hoffman, Cercone, Price, Van Voort Spaeth, Van Voort
Cited by
24 cases
Authority
More cited than 9.1%

Reversed on other grounds by Commonwealth v. Coleman, 477 Pa. 400 (1978)

holding that delay was not caused by appellant’s request for a continuance, but resulted from scheduling practices then in effect

How later courts described this case

  • holding that delay was not caused by appellant’s request for a continuance, but resulted from scheduling practices then in effect

Written by the judges who cited it.

Distinguished

  • Distinguished by Commonwealth v. Lewis, 247 Pa. Super. 46 (1977)

    Initially, we note that Coleman is factually distinguishable from the case at bar in that at no time in that case was a timely petition for an extension of time presented to the lower court.
    Superior Court of PennsylvaniaMar 31, 1977Read it

The opinion

CERCONE, Judge

(concurring):

I concur in the result in the instant case for the reasons expressed in my concurring opinion in Commonwealth v. Smith, - Pa.Super. -, 361 A.2d 862 (J. 1687/1975).

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