Court Opinion

ID: 9635586
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 13:54:59.969891+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T10:51:10.347630
License: Public Domain

POPOVICH, Judge,
concurring:
Although I concur in the result reached by the majority, I cannot subscribe to the views expressed therein concerning what constitutes a proper and effective filing of a motion for dismissal under Pa.R.Crim.P. 1100. In my view, there are inconsistencies in the Rules of Criminal Procedure which need to be clarified in regard to the proper and effective filing of such a motion. See, e.g., Pa.R.Crim.P. 9022 commentary (“those rules that provide for filing with the trial court {see, e.g., Pa.R.Crim.P. 321) or the sentencing court {see, e.g., Pa.R.Crim.P. 1410) are not exceptions to the general requirement of this rule that filing be with the clerk of court) and Pa.R.Crim.P. 1100(f) (“At any time before *564trial, the defendant or his attorney may apply to the court ____). (Emphasis added).