Court Opinion

ID: 9761894
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 01:58:11.707767+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:29:27.371018
License: Public Domain

ROWLEY, Judge,
concurring and dissenting:
I join in the order of the Court. However, I am unable to join in President Judge Cirillo’s Opinion. Although I do not join in the Opinion, either as to the necessity for a new procedure or the procedure proposed by President Judge Cirillo, I especially want to emphasize my disagreement with the fifth step in the procedure proposed by the majority which requires the trial court in all situations to make the initial determination whether the appeal is frivolous. Frequently the petition to withdraw is not filed until an appeal has been taken and the trial court has been divested of jurisdiction. I see no need under these circumstances to delay the ultimate resolution of the appeal by remanding the case to the trial court for its determination of the frivolity of the appeal. In my opinion, should the proposed procedure become law, the frivolity of the appeal should be determined by the appellate court.