Saunders v. Commonwealth

Appellant Saunders filed a notice of appeal following the trial court’s oral pronouncement of sentence but prior to entry of the sentencing orders. No new notice of appeal was filed after the orders were entered. We raise sua sponte the question whether we have jurisdiction to consider Saunders’ petition for appeal.

Rule 5A:6(a) reads:

No appeal shall be allowed unless, within 30 days after entry of final judgment or other appealable order or decree, counsel files with the clerk of the trial court a notice of appeal, and at the same time mails or delivers a copy of such notice to all opposing…