Violation of Compulsory Joinder Rule • Motion to Dismiss • Subsequent Prosecution Arising out of Same Criminal Episode
Commonwealth v Perfetto, PICS Case No. 17-1405 (Pa. Super. Aug. 30, 2017) Ransom, J. (36 pages).
The compulsory joinder rule requiring joinder of DUI and summary traffic offenses did not apply in judicial districts that had separate traffic courts with exclusive and limited jurisdiction to dispose of summary offenses, which required DUI charges held for trial in general jurisdiction courts. Order of the trial court reversed.
