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NON-PRECEDENTIAL DECISION - SEE SUPERIOR COURT I.O.P. 65.37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 Grmusa-
Bereksazi 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 J-A20035-16
minutes later. After talking to both Grmusa-Bereksazi and the other woman,
a police officer asked for Grmusa-Bereksazi's driver's license. Grmusa-
Bereksazi 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. Grmusa-
Bereksazi 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