Commonwealth v. Stranges

I join in the excellent majority opinion of Judge Johnson. I write separately to address briefly some additional matters raised by this case.

Jurisdiction

This case has been taken on direct appeal without allowance of interlocutory appeal by permission. Implicit in our exercise of jurisdiction in this case is a conclusion that an appeal from an order granting ARD over the Commonwealth’s objection is effectively final, even though an order granting ARD with the consent of the Commonwealth and the defendant is deemed interlocutory. Cf. Commonwealth *74v. Feagley, 371 Pa.Super. 593, 538 A.2d 895…