405 Pa. Super. 229 - Commonwealth v. Kauffman’s Empirical Analysis

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10 state decisions

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1. “In the interests of judicial economy and the avoidance of piecemeal appeals, we hold that in cases where a mandatory sentence is imposed immediately after the verdict is rendered, an appeal from the Rule 359 sentence is not untimely if it is filed within thirty days of the date that sentence is imposed on the remaining counts on which the defendant had been convicted at the same trial. We also hold that it would not be error to file two appeals, one within thirty days of the denial of post-verdict motions following the murder conviction, and one within thirty days of sentence on the final charges.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Moyer