♤ On October 23, 2002, Appellee arrived in Pennsylvania from Florida pursuant to a detainer which the Commonwealth filed under the Interstate Agreement on Detainers. In addition, the complaint and warrant contained Appellee s location, as the Commonwealth had learned that Appellee was then an inmate in a Florida correctional institution. Within mere days thereafter, and just as soon as the information became known as a result of their rapidly-developing investigation, the complaint and warrant were amended to reflect Appellee s full name, Stephen Laventure. The Commonwealth set forth all the information it had concerning Steve, including his approximate age and race. 2- J.S14032/04 ♣ Subsequently, on July 29, 2002, the Commonwealth issued a criminal complaint and warrant for Christopher J. Further, Kluge witnessed Shope place five hundred dollars in the business cash register as advance payment for Steve to set the fire. Shope, had directed him to take this action so that they could collect insurance. Kluge also revealed that his former business partner, Russell D. Kluge confessed that he had poured a flammable substance within the structure and had then left the rear door open so that a white male in his thirties, known only to him as Steve, could torch the structure. In spite of an intense investigation including interviews with insurance agents, arson experts and individuals familiar with the particular business in question, the Commonwealth s investigation only began to bear fruit in early May 2002, when one Christopher J. On August 2, 1997, a fire was intentionally set at a structure formerly operated as a business known as Instant Amish, located at 3452 Old Philadelphia Pike, Intercourse, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. ♢ The salient facts and procedural history are as follows. Accordingly, we reverse the trial court s order and reinstate the criminal complaint against Appellee. We hold that the criminal complaint and warrant filed were sufficiently specific, under the facts and circumstances in this case, to toll the applicable statutes of limitation. We believe this case presents an opportunity for this Court to adopt a clear standard, one which will utilize a practical approach which considers both what the Commonwealth knew or should have known at J.S14032/04 the time of the issuance of a John Doe criminal complaint and warrant, as well as whether the complaint and warrant were subsequently amended in a timely fashion, due to a rapidly-developing investigation. Pennsylvania case law has not yet adequately addressed the issue of how to assess the constitutional sufficiency of John Doe warrants. Appellant, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, appeals the order entered in the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster County which dismissed a criminal complaint against Appellee, Stephen Laventure, because the trial court deemed the complaint and warrant at issue untimely. ***Petition for Reargument Filed August 10, 2004*** OPINION BY McCAFFERY, J.: Filed: J***Petition for Reargument Denied October 8, 2004*** ¶ 1 In this appeal, we are asked to determine whether a John Doe criminal complaint and warrant are sufficient to toll a statute of limitations when the complaint and warrant were amended within approximately one week of issuance to reflect the actual identity of the alleged perpetrator. 0027 CR 2003 BEFORE: STEVENS, McCAFFERY, and OLSZEWSKI, JJ. 12 Appeal from the Order Entered JIn the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster County CRIMINAL at No. STEPHEN LAVENTURE, Appellee : : : : : : : : : IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA No. For the full package with all its features, check Ant’s website for links to several stores where you can make your purchase of the Drifter 582 for MSFS at $17.95 / €15.80.J.S14032/04 2004 PA Super 296 COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Appellant v. To try out the Drifter 582 and see if it’s your cup of tea, download the free demo here. This demo includes only the wheeled variant, with no pilot or passenger models, no GPS, radio, or tablet (and its associated features). You can check it out for yourself at no cost, since Ant’s Airplanes provides a handy freeware demo that perfectly showcases the model and its performance, without some features only available in the payware version. The Drifter 582 presents itself with some impressive visuals. The tablet also includes a simplified autopilot for those times when you want to enjoy the scenery hands-free. A nice addition is a tablet that provides access to some aircraft configurations and user preferences. The developers promise authentic sounds from the Rotax 582 two-cylinder engine, along with realistic animations in several elements such as the pilot and passenger models, tie-downs, wheel chocks, and more. This new ultralight for MSFS features two models, one with wheels and another with floats, with 13 liveries included in the package.
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