Com. v. Sinanan, A. ( 2023 )

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NON-PRECEDENTIAL DECISION - SEE SUPERIOR COURT I.O.P. 65.37
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA : IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
: PENNSYLVANIA
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v. :
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ALLAN LESLIE SINANAN JR. :
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Appellant : No. 498 EDA 2021
Appeal from the PCRA Order Entered February 17, 2021
In the Court of Common Pleas of Northampton County Criminal Division
at No(s): CP-48-CR-0000169-2017,
CP-48-CR-0004301-2016
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA : IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
: PENNSYLVANIA
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v. :
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ALLAN LESLIE SINANAN JR. :
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Appellant : No. 499 EDA 2021
Appeal from the PCRA Order Entered February 17, 2021
In the Court of Common Pleas of Northampton County Criminal Division
at No(s): CP-48-CR-0000169-2017,
CP-48-CR-0004301-2016
BEFORE: OLSON, J., KING, J., and McCAFFERY, J.
MEMORANDUM BY McCAFFERY, J.: FILED JANUARY 6, 2023
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Allan Leslie Sinanan, Jr. (Appellant) appeals pro se from the orders1
entered in the Northampton County Court of Common Pleas, dismissing his
first, timely Post Conviction Relief Act2 (PCRA) petition. A jury convicted
Appellant of eight counts each of possession of a controlled substance and
possession with intent to deliver (PWID), three counts of criminal use of a
communication facility, and one count of possession of drug paraphernalia.3
The court sentenced him to an aggregate term of 11 to 22 years’ incarceration.
Appellant now raises a myriad of ineffective assistance of counsel claims. After
careful review, we affirm.
As the parties are well acquainted with the facts of this case, which are
fully set forth in the PCRA court’s February 17, 2021, order, we need not recite
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1 Appellant filed two separate notices of appeal for both criminal dockets.
Therefore, he has complied with Commonwealth v. Walker, 185 A.3d 969,
977 (Pa. 2018) (separate notices of appeal must be filed when a single order
resolves issues arising on more than one trial court docket), overruled in part,
Commonwealth v. Young, 265 A.3d 462, 477 (Pa. 2021) (reaffirming that
Pa.R.A.P. 341 requires separate notices of appeal when single order resolves
issues under more than one docket, but holding Pa.R.A.P. 902 permits
appellate court to consider appellant’s request to remediate error when notice
of appeal is timely filed). On June 14, 2021, Appellant filed a pro se application
for consolidation. This Court granted the order on July 12, 2021. See Order
Granting Application for Consolidation, 7/12/21.
2 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 9541-9546.
335 P.S. §§ 780-113(a)(16), (30); 18 Pa.C.S. § 7512(a); 35 P.S. § 780-
113(a)(32), respectively.
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them herein. See Order, 2/17/21, at 2-3.4 The pertinent procedural history
is as follows. Appellant was charged at Criminal Docket No. CP-48-CR-4301-
2016 (Docket No. 4301-2016) with three counts of PWID, three counts of
possession of a controlled substance, and three counts of criminal use of a
communication facility. Additionally, he was charged at Criminal Docket No.
CP-48-CR-0169-2017 (Docket No. 169-2017) with five counts of PWID, five
counts of possession of a controlled substance, one count of drug
paraphernalia, and one count of possession of a firearm prohibited.5 Id. at 1-
2.
Appellant was represented by several attorneys throughout various
stages of the criminal proceeding. Assistant Public Defender Rory B. Driscole,
Esquire, represented him at both of his preliminary hearings. See Order,
2/17/21, at 3. Appellant requested that Attorney Driscole be removed from
the matter, and the court eventually granted his request via a motion to
withdraw by counsel. See id. at 3-4. Then, Alexander J. Karam, Jr., Esquire,
was appointed to represent Appellant. See id. at 4. Attorney Karam filed two
pre-trial motions, including a motion to suppress, but Appellant expressed
dissatisfaction with his representation as well. See id. Attorney Karam also
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4The PCRA court’s February 17, 2021, Order is, in actuality, a 60-page opinion
which addresses Appellant’s PCRA claims.
5 See 18 Pa.C.S. § 6105(a)(1). The firearms possession offense was
subsequently nolle prossed.
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filed a motion to withdraw, which was granted. See id. Consequently, Brian
M. Monahan, Esquire, was assigned as legal counsel. See id. Attorney
Monahan represented Appellant at the suppression hearing. See id.
However, shortly before his trial, Appellant “expressed his reluctance to move
forward with Attorney Monahan and requested another attorney.” Id. at 5.
The trial court held a hearing regarding the matter, and denied Appellant’s
request to appoint new counsel. See id.
Appellant’s jury trial began on September 6, 2017. Two days later, the
jury convicted him of all charges. On September 22, 2017, the court imposed
the following sentence: (1) at Docket No. 4301-2016, Appellant received a
six-to-12-month sentence on each count of possession of a controlled
substance; 12 to 24 months on each count of PWID, and 12 to 24 months on
each count of criminal use of a communication facility; and (2) at Docket No.
169-2017, Appellant received 5 to 10 years on the count of PWID (cocaine),
27 to 33 months on the count of PWID (methylenedioxy-methamphetamine
or MDMA), six to 12 years on the count of PWID (Oxycodone), 12 to 18 months
on the count of PWID (Xanax), six to 16 months on the count of PWID
(marijuana), and six to 12 months on each of the five counts of possession of
a controlled substance. Appellant also received a sentence of probation on
the charge of possession of drug paraphernalia. All of the sentences were to
run concurrent to each other, with the exception of two PWID counts (cocaine
and Oxycodone), which were to run consecutive to each other and to all other
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counts. Appellant subsequently “filed post-sentence motions and requested
that he represent himself moving forward.” See Order, 2/17/21, at 5. On
October 11, 2017, Attorney Monahan filed a motion to withdraw as counsel.
The court held a Grazier6 hearing and permitted counsel to withdraw and
Appellant to proceed pro se. See id.
Appellant filed a direct appeal with this Court,7 which affirmed his
judgment of sentence on January 23, 2019. See Commonwealth v.
Sinanan, 578 EDA 2018 (unpub. memo.) (Pa. Super. Jan. 23, 2019). The
Pennsylvania Supreme Court denied Appellant’s subsequent petition for
allowance of appeal on January 7, 2020, and the United States Supreme Court
denied his petition for writ of certiorari on March 9, 2020. See
Commonwealth v. Sinanan, 305 EAL 2019 (Pa. Jan. 7, 2020), cert. denied,
140 S.Ct. 1546 (U.S. 2020).
On February 5, 2020, Appellant filed a “Motion to Address Illegal
Sentence,” which the court treated as a first PCRA petition and appointed
counsel. See Order, 2/17/21, at 5-6. Thereafter, Appellant filed numerous
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6 See Commonwealth v. Grazier, 713 A.2d 81 (Pa. 1998) (requiring on the
record inquiry to determine whether waiver of counsel is knowing, intelligent,
and voluntary).
7Appellant raised four claims concerning the trial court’s purported failure to
suppress certain evidence and the search warrant.
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pro se supplemental motions8 relating to requests for “PCRA relief and relief
from a collateral forfeiture action by the Commonwealth.” Id. at 6 (footnote
omitted). “As a general[ ] summary, in his various filings [Appellant] raised
ineffective assistan[ce] of counsel claims against each of his appointed
attorneys, in addition[ ] he raised claims of various constitutional violations
committed by the Commonwealth including attacking his warrantless arrest,
the issuance of the search warrant, and the quality of the evidence introduced
against him at trial.” Id. The PCRA court held another Grazier hearing on
June 22, 2020, and granted Appellant “relief by allowing him to proceed by
self-representation.” Id. at 6-7.
The PCRA court held an evidentiary hearing on October 9, 2020. At the
proceeding, Appellant and all three of his past attorneys appeared and
testified. See Order, 2/17/21, at 7. Thereafter, Appellant continued to
inundate the court with numerous pro se filings.9 On February 17, 2021, the
PCRA court dismissed Appellant’s petition. Appellant timely appealed and
complied with the court’s order to file a Pa.R.A.P. 1925(b) statement of errors
complained of on appeal. On March 22, 2021, the court filed a Pa.R.A.P.
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8A review of the docket reveals that from the date Appellant filed his PCRA
petition to the day of the evidentiary hearing, Appellant submitted
approximately 30 motions and petitions with the PCRA court.
9 Appellant filed approximately ten additional motions with the court.
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1925(a) opinion, which relied, in part, on its February 17, 2021, order. See
PCRA Ct. Op., 3/22/21, at 1-2.
Appellant raises the following issues for our review:
1) Whether the findings of the “P.C.R.A. Court” are supported by
the record and free of legal error, where all three trial counselors
were ineffective, for failure to present argument and defense to
[Appellant]’s warrantless arrest and the lack of probable cause,
because under the United States and Pennsylvania Constitutions:
(1) [Appellant] was improperly stopped and searched, requiring
suppression of any evidence seized as a result of the search and
(2) the police action was not based on an exception to the
requirement that an ARREST be based on a WARRANT issued by
a neutral magistrate, after a determination that probable cause
has been demonstrated?
2) Whether the “P.C.R.A. Court” erred, by failing to adequately
address a P.C.R.A. petition when it dismissed the petition, and
that such error requires relief, where all three trial counselors
were ineffective in neglecting to assert under the United States
and Pennsylvania Constitutions: (1) that the prosecution and the
magistrate circumvented policy and procedure, where procedural
due process protections preclude prosecutors and magistrates
from establishing a prima facie case at a Preliminary Hearing
utilizing only hearsay testimony evidence that would not be
admissible at trial, and (2) is therefore categorically incapable of
demonstrating that the prosecution later will be able to prove
[Appellant]’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt?
3) Whether the findings of the “P.C.R.A. Court” are supported by
the record; free of legal error; and adequately addressed when it
dismissed the petition, where all three trial counselors were
ineffective, for failing to move to suppress all evidence obtained
from the Warrantless Arrest Affidavit (11/04/2016); Search
Warrant Affidavit (11/04/2016); and the Warrantless Arrest
Affidavit (12/27/2016), arguing that Officers established the
Affidavits in violation of “Franks V. Delaware” because: (1) the
Affiant omitted material information about the reliability of the
unregistered confidential source, who was the primary source of
the information, used to establish probable cause; (2) the Affiant
omitted material facts to surveillance, video, and cell phone
evidence, with the intent to make the affidavit misleading; and (3)
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the Affiant included material information knowingly and
intentionally, to a bag/jacket with drugs, being thrown on
November 4th, the day of arrest?
4) Whether the “P.C.R.A. Court” erred, by failing to adequately
address a P.C.R.A. petition when it dismissed the petition, and
that such error requires relief, by neglecting [Appellant]’s claim,
of whether [Appellant] received ineffective assistance of trial
counsel, where “Brian M. Monahan,” failed to impeach DEA Agent
Joseph Labenberg, by introducing his testimony at trial from an
earlier hearing (Suppression/Habeas Corpus), in which DEA Agent
Joseph Labenberg gave two different testimonies to material
evidence?
5) Whether the “P.C.R.A. Court” erred, by failing to adequately
address a P.C.R.A. petition when it dismissed the petition, and
that such error requires relief, by neglecting [Appellant]’s claim,
of whether “Brian M. Monahan”, was ineffective for failing, to
object to the admission of Detective Michael Mish’s expert
testimony, regarding the fact to whether drugs were actually
distributed and whether it was witnessed by the detectives on
three . . . occasions; and was “Brian M. Monahan”, ineffective for
intentionally eliciting Detective Michael Mish’s otherwise
inadmissible expert testimony at trial, that the jacket and
everything in it was [Appellant’s], because that expert testimony
was unduly prejudicial?
6) Whether the findings of the P.C.R.A. Court are supported by
the record and free of legal error, where defense counsel “Brian
M. Monahan” was ineffective, for failing to object to the admission
of police testimony at trial, regarding allegedly being familiarized
with [Appellant] in prior investigations going back to 2007, was
prejudicial as it raised an adverse inference of guilt?
7) Whether the “P.C.R.A. Court” erred, by failing to adequately
address a P.C.R.A. petition when it dismissed the petition, and
that such error requires relief, where trial counselors “Alexander
J. Karam Jr. and Brian M. Monahan,” were ineffective for failing to
make a suppression motion with an argument that would have
been meritorious, that since the police knew of the presence of
the four . . . automobiles in question and planned all along to seize
all four . . ., there were no exigent circumstances or automobile
exception justifying their failure to obtain a valid warrant, and the
fruit of the unconstitutional seizure of the four . . . automobiles
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were inadmissible, and that the doctrine of plain view could not
justify the police seizure of [Appellant]’s four . . . automobiles
under the circumstances of the present case?
8) Whether the “P.C.R.A. Court” erred, by failing to adequately
address a P.C.R.A. petition when it dismissed the petition, and
that such error requires relief, where [Appellant] should be
awarded a New Trial, because the recantation of silence by
Detective Brent Lear at the Forfeiture Hearing, fits squarely within
the test for non-Brady[10] after-discovered evidence claim, and it
is clear that Detective Brent Lear’s silence about these facts
throughout Pre-Trial testimony was due solely to ineffective
assistance of trial counsel?
9) Whether the findings of the “P.C.R.A. Court” are supported by
the record and free of legal error, where trial counselor “Brian M.
Monahan” was ineffective, for failing to object to an illegal
sentence, because the P.W.I.D. drug convictions under [Docket
No. 169-2017], had to merge for sentencing purposes to 42
Pa.C.S. § 9765?
10) Whether the findings of the “P.C.R.A. Court” are supported by
the record and free of legal error, where trial counselor “Brian M.
Monahan” was ineffective, for failing to do basic legal research and
to object to erroneously calculated prior record score, as. it
pertains to prior New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Federal offenses?
Appellant’s Brief at viii – xii (some bracketing omitted).
We begin with our well-settled standard of review:
Our standard of review of the denial of a PCRA petition is limited
to examining whether the court’s determination is supported by
the evidence of record and free of legal error. This Court grants
great deference to the findings of the PCRA court if the record
contains any support for those findings. Further, the PCRA court’s
credibility determinations are binding on this Court, where there
is record support for those determinations.
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10 Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963).
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Commonwealth v. Timchak, 69 A.3d 765, 769 (Pa. Super. 2013) (citation
omitted). Moreover, because Appellant’s claims concern ineffective assistance
of counsel, we consider the following:
Counsel is presumed effective, and to rebut that presumption, the
PCRA petitioner must demonstrate that counsel’s performance
was deficient and that such deficiency prejudiced him. In
Pennsylvania, we have refined the Strickland [v. Washington,
466 U.S. 668 (1984)] performance and prejudice test into a three-
part inquiry. See [Commonwealth v.] Pierce[, 527 A.2d 973(Pa. 1987)]. Thus, to prove counsel ineffective, the petitioner
must show that: (1) his underlying claim is of arguable merit; (2)
counsel had no reasonable basis for his action or inaction; and (3)
the petitioner suffered actual prejudice as a result. If a petitioner
fails to prove any of these prongs, his claim fails. Generally,
counsel’s assistance is deemed constitutionally effective if he
chose a particular course of conduct that had some reasonable
basis designed to effectuate his client’s interests. Where matters
of strategy and tactics are concerned, a finding that a chosen
strategy lacked a reasonable basis is not warranted unless it can
be concluded that an alternative not chosen offered a potential for
success substantially greater than the course actually pursued. To
demonstrate prejudice, the petitioner must show that there is a
reasonable probability that, but for counsel’s unprofessional
errors, the result of the proceedings would have been different. A
reasonable probability is a probability that is sufficient to
undermine confidence in the outcome of the proceeding.
Commonwealth v. Charleston, 94 A.3d 1012, 1019 (Pa. Super. 2014)
(citation omitted). Moreover, “[a] court is not required to analyze the
elements of an ineffectiveness claim in any particular order of priority; instead,
if a claim fails under any necessary element of the ineffectiveness test, the
court may proceed to that element first.” Commonwealth v. Tharp, 101
A.3d 736, 747 (Pa. 2014) (citation omitted).
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At the outset, we emphasize that “[a]lthough this Court is willing to
construe liberally materials filed by a pro se litigant, a pro se appellant enjoys
no special benefit.” Commonwealth v. Tchirkow, 160 A.3d 798, 804 (Pa.
Super. 2017). As such, “any layperson choosing to represent [himself] in a
legal proceeding must, to some reasonable extent, assume the risk that [his]
lack of expertise and legal training will prove [his] undoing.” Commonwealth
v. Rivera, 685 A.2d 1011, 1013 (Pa. Super. 1996) (citation omitted). Here,
we point out that Appellant’s lengthy brief consists of long-winded and, at
times, disjointed, accusations of PCRA court error, which focus more on the
underlying argument than developing any ineffective assistance of counsel
analysis.
Additionally, before we may dispose of Appellant’s substantive claims,
we must address several appellate procedural concerns. First, Appellant’s
brief, excluding exhibits, is 90 pages long and does not contain a word count.
This is an obvious and blatant violation of Pennsylvania Rule of Appellate
Procedure 2135, which states, in relevant part:
(a) Unless otherwise ordered by an appellate court:
(1) A principal brief shall not exceed 14,000 words. . . . A party
shall file a certificate of compliance with the word count limit if the
principal brief is longer than 30 pages . . . when prepared on a
word processor or typewriter.
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(d) Certification of compliance. Any brief in excess of the stated
page limits shall include a certification that the brief complies with
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the word count limits. The certificate may be based on the word
count of the word processing system used to prepare the brief.
Pa.R.A.P. 2135(a)(1), (d).11
Notably, Appellant’s brief does not contain "a certificate of compliance
with the word count limit," as required by Rule 2135(a)(1) and (d).12 “The
certification requirement is not limited to counsel: Pro se litigants, too, are
obliged to provide a certification for a primary brief that exceeds thirty pages.”
Commonwealth v. Spuck, 86 A.3d 870, 873 (Pa. Super. 2014) (citation
omitted).
Moreover, Pennsylvania Rule of Appellate Procedure 2101 “underscores
the seriousness with which we take deviations from our rules of procedure.”
Vurimindi, 200 A.3d at 1041 n.19. Rule 2101 states: “Briefs . . . shall
conform in all material respects with the requirements of these rules as nearly
as the circumstances of the particular case will admit, otherwise they may be
suppressed, and, if the defects are in the brief . . . of the appellant and are
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11 As this Court has previously noted:
Former Rule 2135 limited an appellate brief to 50 pages. It was
changed in 2013 to limit the number of words in the principal brief
to 14,000 and in the reply brief to 7,000. If a principal brief
exceeds 30 pages, or a reply brief exceeds 15 pages, the brief
must contain a certificate of compliance with this Rule.
Commonwealth v. Vurimindi, 200 A.3d 1031, 1041 n.19 (Pa. Super. 2018).
12 Additionally, it is worth mentioning Appellant failed to attach his court
ordered concise statement to his brief. See Pa.R.A.P. 2111(a)(11).
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substantial, the appeal or other matter may be quashed or dismissed.”
Pa.R.A.P. 2101.13 Indeed, we could dismiss Appellant’s appeal for his lengthy
brief alone.
Nevertheless, we continue to our second observation — the question of
whether Appellant has complied with Pennsylvania Rule of Appellate Procedure
1925(b). Appellant’s concise statement consists of ten issues and is 37 pages
in length.14 See Pa.R.A.P. 1925(b) Statement, Errors Complained of on
Appeal, 3/15/21.
This Court has previously recognized that “Rule 1925 is a crucial
component of the appellate process because it allows the trial court to identify
and focus on those issues the parties plan to raise on appeal.” Kanter v.
Epstein, 866 A.2d 394, 400 (Pa. Super. 2004) (citation omitted). “The
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13 As emphasized by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court:
The briefing requirements scrupulously delineated in our appellate
rules are not mere trifling matters of stylistic preference; rather,
they represent a studied determination by our Court and its rules
committee of the most efficacious manner by which appellate
review may be conducted so that a litigant’s right to judicial review
as guaranteed by Article V, Section 9 of our Commonwealth’s
Constitution may be properly exercised. Thus, we reiterate that
compliance with these rules by appellate advocates who have any
business before our Court is mandatory.
Commonwealth v. Briggs, 12 A.3d 291, 343 (Pa. 2011).
14It merits mention that the concise statement reads like an appellate brief
with analysis following every issue.
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[concise s]tatement shall concisely identify each ruling or error that the
appellant intends to challenge with sufficient detail to identify all pertinent
issues for the judge.” Pa.R.A.P. 1925(b)(4)(ii). Nevertheless, the filing of a
timely concise statement alone “does not automatically equate with issue
preservation.” Tucker v. R.M. Tours, 939 A.2d 343, 346 (Pa. Super. 2007).
Moreover, “[e]ven if the trial court correctly guesses the issues [a]ppellant
raises on appeal and writes an opinion pursuant to that supposition, the
issue[s are] still waived.” Commonwealth v. Heggins, 809 A.2d 908, 911
(Pa. Super. 2002) (citation omitted).
As the Tucker Court opined:
[T]his Court has held that when appellants raise an outrageous
number of issues in their [Rule] 1925(b) statement, the appellants
have deliberately circumvented the meaning and purpose of Rule
1925(b) and ha[ve] thereby effectively precluded appellate review
of the issues they [now] seek to raise. We have further noted that
such voluminous statements do not identify the issues appellants
actually intend to raise on appeal because the briefing limitations
contained in Pa.R.A.P. 2116(a) make[ ] the raising of so many
issues impossible. Further, this type of extravagant [Rule]
1925(b) statement makes it all but impossible for the trial court
to provide a comprehensive analysis of the issues.
Id. at 346 (citations & internal quotation marks omitted; some brackets in
original). As such, “the [Rule] 1925(b) statement must be sufficiently concise
and coherent such that the trial court judge may be able to identify the issues
to be raised on appeal, and the circumstances must not suggest the existence
of bad faith.” Jiricko v. Geico Ins. Co., 947 A.2d 206, 210 (Pa. Super.
2008). See also Vurimindi, 200 A.3d at 1038-43 (applying Kanter, Tucker,
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and Jiricko to a criminal matter); Commonwealth v. Juray, 275 A.3d 1037,
1041 n.4 (Pa. Super. 2022) (same).
Here, the PCRA court found that Appellant’s concise statement was
“overly prolix[,]”, and it was “unable to easily decipher the complaints and/or
respond with any reasonable detail.” See PCRA Ct. Op., 3/22/21, at 1. The
court further stated:
However, upon cursory review of . . . Appellant’s [concise
statement], we note that the [s]tatement contains ten sections,
some of which apparently blend multiple complaints. Much of
Appellant’s complaints were carefully analyzed in our 60 page
Order denying PCRA relief and require no further support. Other
sections of Appellant’s [s]tatement appear to contain extensive
legal argument, address the weight of trial evidence and
testimony, or address the District Attorney’s forfeiture petition
which was resolved under a different docket number in a civil
action. We submit that those complaints are not appropriate for
including in Appellant’s [Rule] 1925(b) [s]tatement. We submit
that any claim[s] not raised at the PCRA hearing or addressed in
Appellant’s PCRA brief are waived on [a]ppeal.
Finally, we feel comfortable that our 60 page Order of
February 17, 2021 carefully analyzed and addressed all cognizable
constitutional issues properly raised at the PCRA hearing and/or
argued in Appellant’s PCRA brief. No further support is necessary.
Id. at 1-2.
We agree with the PCRA court’s findings. Nevertheless, we will not
dismiss Appellant’s brief at this time, as the violations do not substantially
impede our ability to conduct meaningful and effective appellate review. See
Commonwealth v. Hardy, 918 A.2d 766, 771 (Pa. Super. 2007) (“when
defects in a brief impede our ability to conduct meaningful appellate review,
we may dismiss the appeal entirely or find certain issues to be waived”).
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Nevertheless, we warn Appellant against violating our appellate rules in the
future.
We have reviewed the parties’ briefs, the relevant law, the certified
record, and the PCRA court’s February 17, 2021, order. We conclude that
Appellant is entitled to no relief, and the PCRA court’s order correctly disposes
of Appellant’s properly preserved issues15 on appeal, especially considering
his sparse ineffective assistance of counsel analysis. Therefore, we affirm on
the basis of the court’s order and adopt it as our own. In any future filing with
this or any other court addressing this decision, the filing party shall attach a
copy of the PCRA court’s February 17, 2021, order.
Accordingly, we affirm the PCRA court’s orders dismissing Appellant’s
petition and denying him any relief.
Lastly, Appellant filed two applications for relief with this Court on
August 22, 2022, and December 12, 2022 — both generally requesting that a
ruling be made in this appeal. Based on our decision, we deny those
applications as moot.
Orders affirmed. Applications for Relief (8/23/22 & 12/13/22) denied
as moot.
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15 We note that issues two, four, five, and seven are either not cognizable
under the PCRA or waived for failure to properly preserve them with the PCRA
court. See 42 Pa.C.S. § 9543(a)(2) (setting forth types of cognizable errors
for which PCRA provides relief); see also 42 Pa.C.S. § 9544(b) (waiver);
Pa.R.A.P. 302 (waiver).
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Judgment Entered.
Joseph D. Seletyn, Esq.
Prothonotary
Date: 1/6/2023
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