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565 Pa. 279

Alles v. Commonwealth

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 31, 2001

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · decided 2001-05-31

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently July 2003

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Relies on Bass v. Commonwealth · Anderson v. Commonwealth Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing

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Decided 2001-05-31

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¶1ORDER

PER CURIAM:

¶2AND NOW, this 31st day of May, 2001, the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County granting a nunc pro tunc appeal to Appellee is reversed. Bass v. Commonwealth, 485 Pa. 256, 401 A.2d 1133 (1979) (negligence of counsel is not grounds for the grant of a nunc pro tunc appeal). As Appellee’s statutory appeal was untimely, 42 Pa.C.S. § 5571(b),’ the Court of Common Pleas of Chester *280County did not have jurisdiction. Anderson v. PennDOT, 744 A.2d 825 (Pa.Cmwlth.2000) (grant of nunc pro tunc appeal was error, statutory appeal was untimely, and statutory appeals court did not have jurisdiction). Accordingly, the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County sustaining Appellee’s statutory appeal is also reversed, and the suspension of Appellee’s driver’s license is reinstated.

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