Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Matthew SWINT, Appellant
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1981-07-08
Citations: 494 Pa. 569
Docket Number: Nos. 544 and 551
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Matthew SWINT, Appellant.
Judges: Before EAGEN, C. J., and O’BRIEN, ROBERTS, NIX, LARSEN and FLAHERTY, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 494
Pages: 569–571

Head Matter:
431 A.2d 1001
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Matthew SWINT, Appellant.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Argued Jan. 25, 1980.
Supplemental Brief for Appellant Submitted Dec., 1980.
Decided July 8, 1981.
Vincent J. Fumo, Philadelphia, for appellant.
Robert B. Lawler, Chief, Appeals Division, James Jordan, Philadelphia, for appellee.
Before EAGEN, C. J., and O’BRIEN, ROBERTS, NIX, LARSEN and FLAHERTY, JJ.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
FLAHERTY, Justice.
Appellant Matthew Swint was convicted in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia of murder of the first degree and aggravated assault. Appellant took a direct appeal to this Court, whereupon we remanded for further factual determinations. Commonwealth v. Swint, 488 Pa. 279, 412 A.2d 507 (1980). Appellant asserts a denial of his Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel in that counsel failed to object to commencement of trial beyond the period prescribed by Rule 1100(e).
After a thorough review of the briefs and the record we hold appellant was not denied effective assistance of counsel at trial, and, therefore, we affirm.
Judgment of sentence affirmed.
ROBERTS, J., filed a dissenting opinion.