J-A09026-23

NON-PRECEDENTIAL DECISION - SEE SUPERIOR COURT I.O.P. 65.37

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA

v.

JOSHUA AARON MONIGHAN 

Appellant

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 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF

 PENNSYLVANIA

 No. 328 MDA 2022

Appeal from the Judgment of Sentence Entered January 20, 2022

In the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland County Criminal Division at 

No(s): CP-21-CR-0001479-2021

BEFORE: BOWES, J., OLSON, J., and KUNSELMAN, J.

JUDGMENT ORDER BY OLSON, J.: FILED: MARCH 31, 2023

Appellant, Joshua Aaron Monighan, appeals pro se1from the judgment 

of sentence entered on January 20, 2022. We dismiss this appeal.

On January 20, 2022, following a bench trial, Appellant was found guilty 

of possessing a small amount of marijuana for personal use, driving an 

unregistered vehicle, driving without a license, and driving without evidence 

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1 Appellant is not indigent. See N.T. Waiver of Counsel Hearing, 8/19/21, at 

3. Further, during an August 19, 2021 hearing before the trial court judge, 

Appellant waived his right to be represented by counsel and the trial court 

conducted a colloquy to ensure that Appellant’s waiver of his right to counsel 

was knowing, voluntary, and intelligent. See id. at 3-6; see also

Pa.R.Crim.P. 121(A) and (C); Commonwealth v. Phillips, 141 A.3d 512, 

521 (Pa. Super. 2016) (“once a defendant has made a competent waiver of 

counsel, that waiver remains in effect through all subsequent proceedings in 

that case absent a substantial change in circumstances”).

 
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of an emission inspection.

2 That day, the trial court sentenced Appellant to 

serve 30 days of probation and to pay fines and the cost of prosecution. N.T. 

Sentencing, 1/20/22, at 70-72. On February 18, 2022, Appellant filed a timely 

notice of appeal. 

Within Appellant’s brief to this Court, Appellant lists 24 separate legal 

issues in his statement of questions involved. However, none of the issues 

raise any cognizable claim for relief and the vast majority of the issues are 

incomprehensible fragments of a sentence. See Appellant’s Brief at 11-12. 

Further, Appellant does not raise any of the issues in the argument section of 

his brief and Appellant’s argument to this Court is unintelligible and 

unsupported by either facts or law. See id. at 18-19.

The failings in Appellant’s brief substantially impede our ability to 

conduct meaningful appellate review of Appellant's claims, as we are unable 

to discern the issues Appellant wishes this Court to review. As such, we 

dismiss this appeal. See Pa.R.A.P. 2101 (“[b]riefs and reproduced records 

shall conform in all material respects with the requirements of [our] rules as 

nearly as the circumstances of the particular case will admit, otherwise they 

may be suppressed, and, if the defects are in the brief or reproduced record 

of the appellant and are substantial, the appeal or other matter may be 

quashed or dismissed.”); see also Commonwealth v. Postie, 110 A.3d 

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2 35 P.S. § 780-113(a)(31)(i) and 75 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 1301(a), 1501(a), and 

4706(c)(5), respectively.
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1034, 1041 n.8 (Pa. Super. 2015) (“[a]lthough this Court is willing to construe 

liberally materials filed by a pro se litigant, pro se status generally confers no 

special benefit upon an appellant. Accordingly, a pro se litigant must comply 

with the procedural rules set forth in the Pennsylvania Rules of the Court”).

Appeal dismissed. Jurisdiction relinquished. Oral argument scheduled 

for April 12, 2023, cancelled. Request for Certified Legal Intern to Represent 

the Commonwealth at oral argument denied as moot.

Judgment Entered.

Joseph D. Seletyn, Esq.

Prothonotary

Date: 3/31/2023