Court Opinion

ID: 9704715
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 00:44:01.111112+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:22:04.614146
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ROBERTS, Justice,
dissenting.
I would remand for a determination of whether Rule 1100 was violated.
If such a violation is found, then trial counsel’s failure to raise the violation constitutes ineffective assistance of counsel, since there can be no reasonable basis for this inaction. See Commonwealth ex rel. Washington v. Maroney, 427 Pa. 599, 235 A.2d 349 (1967). Counsel’s ineffective assistance in pursuing a Rule 1100 violation requires that appellant be discharged. See Commonwealth v. Von Smith, 486 Pa. 564, 406 A.2d 1034 (1979) (untimely motion for severance cannot be predicated upon any reasonable trial strategy); Commonwealth v. Stone, 437 Pa. 496, 264 A.2d 406 (1970).