Opinion ID: 2311086
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 11

Heading: This Court's King's Bench Powers

Text: Next, Appel requests this Court to exercise our Powers of the King's Bench to repair alleged trial court error and to grant Appel relief. Appel's plea is inappropriate and unnecessary. Our King's Bench powers, preserved in the Schedule to the Article 5, Section 1 of the Pennsylvania Constitution and implemented under Pa.R.A.P. 3309 and 42 Pa.C.S. § 726, are powers of extraordinary jurisdiction. In cases in which we elect to exercise our powers of the King's Bench, our action has the effect of transferring jurisdiction of a matter pending before an inferior court to the jurisdiction of this Court. Our grant is deemed the taking of an appeal as of right. See generally, Beharry v. Mascara, 92 Pa.Cmwlth. 484, 499 A.2d 1129 (1985). Because we have already recognized and accepted jurisdiction in this case, and have acted upon that jurisdiction, the assumption of extraordinary jurisdiction under our powers of the King's Bench is neither possible nor necessary.