Commonwealth v. Jones

This is an appeal from an order denying appellant’s petition filed pursuant to the Post Conviction Hearing Act. 19 P.S. § 1180-1 et seq. (Since reenacted at 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 9541 et seq.). We must quash the appeal.

Rule 2101, Pennsylvania Rules of Appellate Procedure requires that briefs shall conform with the various appellate rules and if the briefs are substantially defective the reviewing court may quash the appeal. The courts of this Commonwealth have on numerous occasions invoked the punitive measures of Rule 2101. See Commonwealth v. Davis, 309 Pa.Superior Ct. 506, 455 A.2d 725 (1983);…