Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Sanford

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 30, 1982No. 1443PublishedCited by 132 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WIEAND, Judge:

This appeal from judgments of sentence for burglary, robbery, conspiracy and terroristic threats has been submitted on briefs without oral argument. The brief filed by appellant violates numerous appellate rules and does not permit a determination of those rulings or issues which he wishes to have reviewed. Because appellant’s inadequate brief impairs our ability to conduct meaningful appellate review of the trial, we quash the appeal without reaching the merits.

Pa.R.App.P. 2116(a) requires that a brief contain a statement of the questions involved. Specifically, the rule…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. PoundsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
  2. Commonwealth v. JacksonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
  3. Keller v. Old Lycoming TownshipSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
  4. Commonwealth v. WyantSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
  5. Commonwealth v. MillerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1981

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3Cited by132 opinions

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