Case Name: Commonwealth v. Spitler, Appellant
Court: Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1973-09-19
Citations: 226 Pa. Super. 726
Docket Number: Appeal, No. 744
Parties: Commonwealth v. Spitler, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Pennsylvania Superior Court Reports
Volume: 226
Pages: 726–727

Head Matter:
Commonwealth v. Spitler, Appellant.
Submitted June 11, 1973.
Frederick S. Wolf, and Beaver, Wolf & Harlan, for appellant;
David J. Brightbill, Assistant District Attorney, and Qteorge E. Christianson, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Opinion:
Opinion
pur Curiam :
The judgment of sentence in the present case was entered in 1968. The present appeal from that judgment was filed on February 23, 1973, several years subsequent to the judgment. The appeal must therefore be quashed as untimely.
Appeal quashed.
See Act of May 19, 1897, P. L. 67, §4, as amended by Act of March 22, 1923, P. L. 30, §1, as amended by Act of March 12, 1925, P. Ij. 32, §1, as am,ended l>y Act of May 11, 1927, P. Tj. 972, §1, 12 P.S. §1136, repealed, Act of July 31, 1970, P. 11. 673, §509 (a) (2), 17 P.S. §211.509(a) (2) (1973-74 Supp.), and its successor provision, Act of July 31, 1970, P. L. 673, §302, 17 P.S. §211.502 (1973-74 Supp.).
Appellant's court-appointed attorney suggests that the present appeal, which he states was initiated by the appellant himself, should possibly be considered to be from an order in a collateral proceeding in 1969. Such an appeal would also be untimely. Furthermore, this Court, several years ago, affirmed the order in question. Commonwealth v. Spitler, 216 Pa. Superior Ct. 791, 261 A. 2d 115 (1970).