Commonwealth v. White

I dissent.

Today, in short order, the majority ignores the principle of stare decisis by overruling a three-year-old decision of this court, eviscerates the final order rule, erroneously reverses a trial judge’s determination that she can be a fair and impartial jurist, and undermines a defendant’s right to plead guilty to *673murder. For these reasons, I can join no part of the majority opinion.

In Commonwealth v. Cosnek, 575 Pa. 411, 836 A.2d 871 (2003), this court construed Rule 311(d) regarding interlocutory appeals of right. In that case, we explained that the “plain language” of the rule…