Court Opinion

ID: 9709263
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 03:43:48.528272+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:22:46.617552
License: Public Domain

CONCURRING STATEMENT BY
FORD ELLIOTT, P.J.:
¶ 1 I concur in the result reached by the majority. I agree that the delay occasioned by counsel’s failure to inform the defendant of the arraignment date resulting in the defendant’s failure to appear is excludable time for purposes of Pa. R.Crim.P. 600. Under the rule, the actions of a defendant and/or his attorney can result in excludable time. However, I cannot agree with the majority’s broader holding on page 5 to the effect that “where defense counsel has actual notice of a proceeding and fails to so inform his or her client, the onus and consequences of such failure fall upon the defendant.” I believe such a determination must rest on the facts of any given case.