Court Opinion

ID: 9541218
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 16:23:38.448662+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:00:43.581974
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*514ROBERTS, Justice,
dissenting.
I dissent. Appellee was not brought to trial until 300 days after the commencement of proceedings against him, 120 days beyond the time permitted under Pa.R.Crim.Proc. 1100(a)(2). The Commonwealth has utterly failed to justify the period of delay of nearly eighty days during which its petition for reconsideration of the denial of its request for an extension was pending. It is axiomatic that, absent a stay or an express statute, a petition for reconsideration in no respect relieves the party seeking further review from proceeding within the allotted time. Cf. Commonwealth v. O’Shea, 465 Pa. 491, 350 A.2d 872 (1976) (Commonwealth failure to seek extension while appeal pending constituted inexcusable delay). Appellee, therefore, was properly granted relief, and the order of the Superior Court so holding must be affirmed.