Com. v. Aiello, F.

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NON-PRECEDENTIAL DECISION - SEE SUPERIOR COURT I.O.P. 65.37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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:
FRANK M. AIELLO :
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Appellant : No. 2723 EDA 2018
Appeal from the Judgment of Sentence Entered August 8, 2018
In the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County Criminal Division at
No(s): CP-23-SA-0000419-2018
BEFORE: BENDER, P.J.E., GANTMAN, P.J.E., and COLINS*, J.
JUDGEMENT ORDER BY COLINS, J.: FILED JUNE 12, 2019
Appellant, Frank M. Aiello, appeals pro se from the August 8, 2018
judgment of sentence of a $200 fine after he was found guilty of retail theft.1
We remand with instructions.
The trial court found him guilty based on his failure to appear for a de
novo hearing. Appellant filed a notice of appeal on September 10, 2018.
Appellate briefs are required to conform to the Rules of Appellate Procedure.
See Pa.R.A.P. 2101. Included in the Rules is the requirement that brief of the
Appellant contain a section for Appellant’s argument. See Pa.R.A.P.
2111(a)(8). “[I]f the defects are in the brief…are substantial, the appeal…may
be quashed or dismissed.” See Pa.R.A.P. 2101. Appellant has filed a brief
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1 18 Pa.C.S. § 3929(a)(1)
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* Retired Senior Judge assigned to the Superior Court.
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that consists solely of a statement indicating that notice of the de novo hearing
was not sent to his correct address.
In its brief, the Commonwealth moves for quashal of the appeal but
also moves, in the alternative, for remand to the trial court to permit Appellant
to file a motion for reconsideration. In its opinion, the trial court indicated its
belief that Appellant may have wanted to file a motion for reconsideration of
its August 8, 2018 order, instead of an appeal to this Court, and stated that
had he done so, it would have entertained such motion and allowed the
Commonwealth the opportunity to respond. October 29, 2018 Trial Court
Opinion at 2. We therefore grant the request of the trial court and instruct
the prothonotary to remove the case from the June 25-27, 2019 oral argument
list. This matter is remanded to the trial court, so that the trial court may
permit Appellant the opportunity to file for reconsideration of its August 8,
2018 order.
Case remanded with instructions. Jurisdiction relinquished.
Judgment Entered.
Joseph D. Seletyn, Esq.
Prothonotary
Date: 6/12/19
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