2006 Pa. Super. 196 - Commonwealth v. Reeves

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Cited by 21 later decisions — most recently September 2023

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¶1CONCURRING STATEMENT BY

GANTMAN, J.:

¶2¶ 1 I wholeheartedly agree with the majority that Appellant’s issue on appeal is a classic example of an issue that was not properly preserved for review because it was not specified in Appellant’s Rule 1925(b) statement. I write separately only to note the single circumstance where a Rule 1925(b) statement is arguably vague, but there is only one obvious appealable issue, and the trial court was on sufficient notice of the issue and addressed it in its Rule 1925(a) opinion. Under that specific circumstance, in my opinion, our appellate review has not been impeded. See Commonwealth v. McCandless, 880 A.2d 1262 (Pa.Super.2005) (en banc), appeal granted on other grounds, 586 Pa. 464, 895 A.2d 518 (2006); City of Coatesville v. Jarvis, 902 A.2d 1249 (Pa.Super.2006). Of course, that circumstance is definitely not what happened in the instant case. Accordingly, I join the majority.

¶3¶ 2 KLEIN, J., joins.