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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Anderson

630 A.2d 47 (1993)

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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Anderson

Pennsylvania Superior Court
630 A.2d 47 (1993)

DC

Facts

In 1985, 16-year-old Anderson (defendant) got into a fight with another teenager on a playground and struck him on the head with a baseball bat. Anderson was arrested and charged with two counts of assault, possession of a weapon, and recklessly endangering another person. After Anderson failed to appear for a hearing in the family-court division, the judge issued a bench warrant for him to be detained. In 1988, Anderson committed retail theft at age 19, and the municipal court issued another bench warrant after he failed to appear for a hearing on the new charges. In 1991, when Anderson was 22 years old, he was again arrested on additional charges. The commonwealth then recharged Anderson as an adult for the crimes he committed at age 16. The family-court division lifted Anderson’s first bench warrant and transferred his case to the trial division because he was no longer a child under state law. After a hearing on Anderson’s motion to dismiss the charges for lack of jurisdiction, the trial division remanded the case to the family-court division. The trial division later reconsidered, but ultimately affirmed the dismissal of Anderson’s case for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction. The commonwealth then appealed.

Rule of Law

Issue

Holding and Reasoning (Kelly, J.)

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