Commonwealth v. Ellis

After reviewing the briefs filed pro se by appellant and by his counsel, I concur in the decision of the majority to affirm the judgment of sentence. However, I respectfully dissent from the majority’s formulation of a policy which precludes consideration by the Superior Court of pro se briefs where separate briefs have been filed by counsel. It is not that I disagree necessarily with the substance of such a policy as much as I disagree with this Court’s right to determine the same. My review of the Supreme Court’s per curiam order in Commonwealth v. Gaerttner, 518 Pa. 452, 543 A.2d 1091…