Case Name: Commonwealth v. Carpenter, Appellant
Court: Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1948-07-23
Citations: 163 Pa. Super. 30
Docket Number: Appeal, No. 102
Parties: Commonwealth v. Carpenter, Appellant.
Judges: Before Rhodes, P. J., Hirt, Reno, Dithrich, Ross, Arnold and Fine, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania Superior Court Reports
Volume: 163
Pages: 30–31

Head Matter:
Commonwealth v. Carpenter, Appellant.
Argued April 19, 1948.
Before Rhodes, P. J., Hirt, Reno, Dithrich, Ross, Arnold and Fine, JJ.
Frank J. Strassner, Jr., with him Herbert L. Maris, for appellant.
John W. Beyer, Assistant District Attorney, with, him John Milton Ranch, District Attorney, for appellee.
July 23, 1948

Opinion:
Per Curiam,
Appellant was tried and convicted in the court below, and on September 11, 1947, he was sentenced. On February 6, 1948, five months after sentence and long after the expiration of the'term at which he was sentenced, he filed a petition for rule to show cause why a motion for new trial should not be allowed'nunc pro tunc. Appellant's sole complaint was that the evidence was insufficient to sustain a conviction. This appeal is from the order of the court below refusing to grant a rule in accordance with the prayer of the petition. In the absence of an allegation of fraud or its equivalent, the common law power of the court below to set aside the judgment and sentence and grant a new trial expired with the end of the term at which the judgment was entered. Com. v. Grow, 48 Pa. Superior Ct. 373, 380. See, also, Com. v. Monaghan, 162 Pa. Superior Ct. 530, 58 A. 2d 486.
Appeal is dismissed.