Commonwealth v. O'Neill

KELLY, Judge:

In this case we are called upon to decide whether a trial court may proceed to sentence on one charge while holding post-verdict motions on a separate charge from the same jury trial verdict under advisement, and what effect inclusion of premature appeal of the still interlocutory verdict in a timely notice of appeal from sentence entered on the other charge has on the trial court’s authority to rule on the post-verdict motions held under advisement on the still interlocutory verdict. We find that the trial court had authority to sever the charges at sentencing and to act on the…