Commonwealth v. Stadtfeld

POPOVICH, Judge:

This case involves an appeal from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County denying a Petition for Allowance of Appeal Nunc Pro Tunc by the defendant/appellant, Steven M. Stadtfeld.1 We reverse and remand.

On June 2, 1989, the appellant was cited for various violations of the Motor Vehicle Code, one of which was for driving while under suspension (75 Pa.C.S.A § 1543(a)). As a result of the appellant’s failure to respond to the citations, inaction which he alleges was “inadvertent,” the Pennsylvania Depart*275ment of Transportation (PennDOT) suspended his driving…