Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-08-04 16:07:55.651515+00
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NON-PRECEDENTIAL DECISION - SEE SUPERIOR COURT OP 65.37

    COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA               :   IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
                                               :        PENNSYLVANIA
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                v.                             :
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    DEVIN MICHAEL MILLER                       :
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                       Appellant               :   No. 1011 MDA 2022

          Appeal from the Judgment of Sentence Entered July 6, 2022
      In the Court of Common Pleas of Centre County Criminal Division at
                        No(s): CP-14-CR-0000726-2021

BEFORE:      KUNSELMAN, J., McCAFFERY, J., and COLINS, J.*

JUDGMENT ORDER BY COLINS, J.:                         FILED: AUGUST 4, 2023

       Appellant, Devin Michael Miller, appeals from the judgments of sentence

imposed by the Centre County Court of Common Pleas after a jury found him

guilty of driving under the influence (DUI) of a Schedule I controlled substance

as a fourth offense and false identification to a law enforcement officer, and

the lower court found him guilty of driving while operating privilege is

suspended or revoked (DUI related) as a third or subsequent violation, driving

while operating privilege is suspended or revoked (DUI related) with controlled

substance in blood as a third or subsequent violation, failing to wear protective

headgear while operating a motorcycle, careless driving, and failing to use a

traffic signal before initiating a turn.1 He challenges the denial of his pre-trial
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* Retired Senior Judge assigned to the Superior Court.

1 75 Pa.C.S. §§ 3802(d)(1)(i), 4914(a), 1543(b)(1)(iii), 1543(b)(1.1)(iii),
3525(b), 3714(a), and 3334(a), respectively.
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motion to dismiss his case, alleging that the Commonwealth violated his right

to a speedy trial under the Pennsylvania and United States Constitutions.

       In its opinion filed pursuant to Pa.R.A.P. 1925(a), the trial court notes

that it “addressed the reasons for its decision regarding th[e speedy trial]

issue on the record at the April 4, 2022 [h]earing and therefore relies on said

[t]ranscript and respectfully requests the [o]rder [d]enying the [m]otion be

affirmed.”2    Trial Court Opinion, 8/16/22, 2.   Our review of the transcript,

however, reveals arguments made by the parties followed by the trial court’s

entry of an order denying Appellant’s pre-trial motion to dismiss under

Pa.R.Crim.P. 600, which the court acknowledged was no longer premised

under Rule 600. See N.T. 4/4/22, 19 (“And now, this 4th day of April 2022,

the defendant’s motion to dismiss under Rule 600, which I understand that’s

what it’s captioned and that’s not what’s argued, but is DENIED.”).         The

transcript from the hearing does not reflect the trial court’s reasons for

denying Appellant’s speedy trial violation claim that was argued at the

hearing.    Accordingly, we remand for the trial court to file a supplemental

Pa.R.A.P. 1925(a) opinion, addressing the court’s reasons for issuing the order

denying the dismissal motion, within sixty days of the trial court’s receipt of

the certified record.

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2 We note that, while the Rule 1925(a) opinion was issued by the Honorable

Jonathan D. Grine, who presided over Appellant’s trial and sentencing, the
Honorable Brian K. Marshall presided over the hearing on the motion to
dismiss.

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     Case remanded for preparation of a supplemental opinion. Jurisdiction

retained.

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