Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Englert
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 4, 1983No. 844PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WIEAND, Judge:
Is a district justice who finds a motorist guilty of a summary violation of Section 3743 of the Vehicle Code required to advise the motorist of a potential license suspension by the Department of Transportation in order that the appeal period begin to run? The trial court held that such a requirement did not exist and refused to allow an appeal nunc pro tunc five months after the conviction and sentence. We affirm.
Regis Paul Englert was found guilty, after hearing on December 26, 1979, of failing to stop at the scene of an accident in violation of 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 3743(a).1 He…
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- Tafoya v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1972
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3Cited by42 opinions
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