Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Klein

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 4, 2001No. 19 MAP 2001PublishedCited by 57 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

CAPPY, Justice.

The issue presented in this case is whether the Superior Court properly quashed Appellant’s appeal from the June 23, 1999 sentencing order on the basis that a later order of the trial court “implicitly vacated” the June 23rd order. For the reasons that follow, we reverse the Superior Court and remand the matter back to that court for disposition of this appeal on the merits.

By way of background, the record establishes that on May 13, 1999, a jury found Appellant guilty of simple assault, recklessly endangering another person, and accidents involving death or personal…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. QuinlanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
  2. Commonwealth v. ColeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1970
  3. Commonwealth v. GordonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
  4. Commonwealth v. RohrerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1998

3Cited by57 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. HolmesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
  2. Commonwealth v. BorrinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2013
  3. Evans v. Secretary Pennsylvania Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2011
  4. Commonwealth v. BorrinSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
  5. Com. v. Mulkin, O.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2020

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