Commonwealth v. Brown

943 A.2d 264 (2008)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee,

v.

Devon BROWN, Appellant.

No. 162 MAP 2005.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Argued May 10, 2006.

Decided March 26, 2008.

Michael Scott Ferguson, Esq., for Devon Brown.

William Hugh Graff, Esq., Scott P. Rigdon, Esq., Hugh S. Rebert, Esq., George N. Marros, Esq., Katherine L. Doucette, York, for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

BEFORE: CAPPY, C.J., and CASTILLE, NEWMAN, SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER and BALDWIN, JJ.

OPINION

Justice SAYLOR.

Appeal was allowed to determine whether the filing of an untimely notice of appeal displaces the statutory one-year period…