Commonwealth v. Beattie
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
CIRILLO, Judge:
This is an appeal from an order entered on October 19, 1990 in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County denying appellant Benjamin H. Beattie’s motion in arrest of judgment following his conviction for disorderly conduct. We reverse.
Before reaching the merits of the appeal, we must address a procedural shortcoming in the manner in which this appeal was taken. In Pennsylvania, “[i]t is unquestionably the law that a defendant may appeal only from a final judgment of sentence and an appeal from any prior order will be quashed as interlocutory.” Commonwealth v. Myers, 457 Pa.…
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- Commonwealth v. DouglassSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
- Commonwealth v. MyersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
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- Commonwealth v. DeLucaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
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