Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. James ALLEN, a/k/a Darnell Hutchinson, Appellant
Court: Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1979-12-21
Citations: 273 Pa. Super. 115
Docket Number: No. 1062
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. James ALLEN, a/k/a Darnell Hutchinson, Appellant.
Judges: Before HESTER, HOFFMAN and CATANIA, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania Superior Court Reports
Volume: 273
Pages: 115–117

Head Matter:
416 A.2d 1116
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. James ALLEN, a/k/a Darnell Hutchinson, Appellant.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania.
Submitted June 29, 1979.
Filed Dec. 21, 1979.
Eugene H. Clarke, Jr., Philadelphia, for appellant.
Eric B. Henson, Assistant District Attorney, Philadelphia, for Commonwealth, appellee.
Before HESTER, HOFFMAN and CATANIA, JJ.
President Judge Francis J. Catania of the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, is sitting by designation.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Appellant contends that the lower court erred in denying his motion to dismiss filed pursuant to Pa.R.Crim.P. 1100(f). The lower court determined that the filing of a Commonwealth petition to extend prior to the Rule 1100 run date tolled the. running of the Rule 1100 period until the court acted on the petition. We held in the case of appellant's co-defendant that the filing of the petition did not toll the 180-day period. Commonwealth v. Favors, 273 Pa.Super. 109, 416 A.2d 1113 (1979). Accordingly, based upon our decision in Favors, we reverse and remand for an evidentiary hearing to determine whether appellant acquiesced in the Commonwealth's motion for continuance of trial beyond the Rule 1100 run date.
Judgment of sentence vacated and case remanded for proceedings consistent with this opinion.
HESTER, J., files a dissenting opinion.