Court Opinion

ID: 9881757
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-10-03 20:23:15.44792+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:14:44.998091
License: Public Domain

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA
                              MIDDLE DISTRICT

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA,         : No. 240 MAL 2023
                                      :
                   Petitioner         :
                                      : Petition for Allowance of Appeal
                                      : from the Order of the Superior Court
             v.                       :
                                      :
                                      :
JASON ANDREW LEAR,                    :
                                      :
                   Respondent         :

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA,         : No. 241 MAL 2023
                                      :
                   Petitioner         :
                                      : Petition for Allowance of Appeal
                                      : from the Order of the Superior Court
             v.                       :
                                      :
                                      :
JASON ANDREW LEAR,                    :
                                      :
                   Respondent         :

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA,         : No. 242 MAL 2023
                                      :
                   Petitioner         :
                                      : Petition for Allowance of Appeal
                                      : from the Order of the Superior Court
             v.                       :
                                      :
                                      :
JASON ANDREW LEAR,                    :
                                      :
                   Respondent         :

                                 ORDER

PER CURIAM
      AND NOW, this 3rd day of October, 2023, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is

GRANTED, LIMITED TO the issue set forth below.              Allocatur is DENIED as to all

remaining issues. The issue, as stated by petitioner, is:

      Whether a court must assess the Commonwealth’s due diligence during a
      worldwide pandemic for purposes of Rule 600 before it excludes delay
      attributable to a local judicial emergency during which the president judge
      cancelled and suspended all trials, suspended Rule 600 and otherwise
      excluded judicial delay caused by the judicial emergency, and implemented
      strict procedures to protect the public?

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