Commonwealth v. Thomas

CERCONE, P.J.E.:

¶ 1 Appellant, Catherine Glovak Thomas, appeals from the order of the Trial Court dismissing her petition which sought the scheduling of a new hearing on her appeal from a summary conviction. After review, we reverse and remand for a new trial de novo.

¶ 2 The Trial Court has set forth some of the relevant factual and procedural history of this case in its opinion as follows:

On March 22, 2001, the [Appellant] was cited with a summary offense, ... Cruelty to Animals, 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 5511KC)]. 1 [Appellant] was found guilty on April 17, 2001 at a hearing before a District Justice…