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NON-PRECEDENTIAL DECISION - SEE SUPERIOR COURT I.O.P. 65.37

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA : IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF

: PENNSYLVANIA

v. :

:

WANDA GRMUSA-BEREKSAZI, :

:

Appellant : No. 1584 WDA 2015

Appeal from the Judgment of Sentence September 16, 2015

in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County,

Criminal Division, No(s): CP-02-SA-0001459-2015

BEFORE: BOWES, STABILE and MUSMANNO, JJ.

MEMORANDUM BY MUSMANNO, J.: FILED AUGUST 29, 2016

Wanda Grmusa-Bereksazi (“Grmusa-Bereksazi”) appeals, pro se, from 

the judgment of sentence imposed following her conviction of disorderly 

conduct. See 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 5503(a)(3). We affirm. 

On September 24, 2014, Grmusa-Bereksazi drove her vehicle out of 

Norma Welsh’s (“Norma”) driveway. Norma’s nurse was waiting in her car 

on the street for Grmusa-Bereksazi to pull her car out of the driveway. A 

woman, waiting in the car behind the nurse, started yelling at GrmusaBereksazi to move her car. Once the nurse moved her car into the 

driveway, the woman pulled up to Grmusa-Bereksazi’s driver’s side window 

in order to yell at her. The woman then exited the vehicle, and ran toward 

Grmusa-Bereksazi, telling her that she wanted to fight Grmusa-Bereksazi. 

In turn, Grmusa-Bereksazi remarked, “Get your fat ass back in your car. 

Just keep going.” The woman called the police, who arrived five to ten 
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minutes later. After talking to both Grmusa-Bereksazi and the other woman, 

a police officer asked for Grmusa-Bereksazi’s driver’s license. GrmusaBereksazi then remarked, “This is why I don’t like cops.” Thereafter, an 

officer told Grmusa-Bereksazi to stop talking or else he would charge her 

with disorderly conduct. Grmusa-Bereksazi attempted to ask the officer a 

question, at which point the officer issued a citation. 

On June 17, 2015, a magistrate found Grmusa-Bereksazi guilty of 

disorderly conduct. Grmusa-Bereksazi filed a Notice of Summary Appeal, 

and a trial de novo was held on September 16, 2015. The trial court 

subsequently found Grmusa-Bereksazi guilty of disorderly conduct. GrmusaBereksazi was assessed a fine of $300. 

On October 13, 2015, Grmusa-Bereksazi filed a timely Notice of 

Appeal. On October 14, 2015, the trial court entered an Order directing 

Grmusa-Bereksazi to file a Pa.R.A.P. 1925(b) Concise Statement within 

twenty-one days. Grmusa-Bereksazi failed to file a Concise Statement. 

On appeal, Grmusa-Bereksazi raises the following question for our 

review: “Did the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, 

Summary Appeals Division, specifically, Robert C. Gallo, S.J., err in finding 

Grmusa-Bereksazi guilty?” Brief for Appellant at 2 (unnumbered). 

Here, Grmusa-Bereksazi failed to file a court-ordered Pa.R.A.P. 

1925(b) Concise Statement. It is well-settled that a pro se appellant is not 

entitled to any advantage due to the lack of legal training, and must comply 
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with the Pennsylvania Rules of Appellate Procedure. See Commonwealth 

v. Adams, 882 A.2d 496, 497-98 (Pa. Super. 2005); see also id. at 498 

(stating that “any person choosing to represent himself in a legal proceeding 

must, to a reasonable extent, assume that his lack of expertise and legal 

training will be his undoing.”). Thus, Grmusa-Bereksazi waived her 

opportunity to have this Court consider her issues on appeal. See Pa.R.A.P. 

1925(b)(4)(vii); Commonwealth v. Lord, 719 A.2d 306, 309 (Pa. 1998) 

(stating that “issues have been considered waived where no 1925(b) 

statement was filed or where an issue was not included in a filed 

statement.”).1

Judgment of sentence affirmed. 

 

1 We also note that Grmusa-Bereksazi failed to provide a transcript of the 

proceedings below. The trial court judge notes that although GrmusaBereksazi did order the transcript, she failed to pay for the cost of 

transcription. See Trial Court Opinion, 11/25/15 at 2 (unnumbered); see 

also Pa.R.A.P. 1911(a) (stating that “the appellant shall request any 

transcript required under this chapter in the manner and make any 

necessary payment or deposit therefor in the amount and within the time 

prescribed by Rules 5000.1 et seq. of the Pennsylvania Rules of Judicial 

Administration (court reporters)”); Pa.R.A.P. 1911(d) (stating that “if the 

appellant fails to take the action required by these rules and the 

Pennsylvania Rules of Judicial Administration for the preparation of the 

transcript, the appellate court may take such action as it deems appropriate, 

which may include dismissal of the appeal.”). Additionally, GrmusaBereksazi did not seek to obtain in forma pauperis status for filing her 

appeal. See Trial Court Opinion, 11/25/15, at 2 (unnumbered). 
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Judgment Entered.

Joseph D. Seletyn, Esq.

Prothonotary

Date: 8/29/2016