Court Opinion

ID: 9890409
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-10-12 20:08:56.147214+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:50:02.334648
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Rule 1115. Content of the Petition for Allowance of Appeal

(a) General rule. —The petition for allowance of appeal need
not be set forth in numbered paragraphs in the manner of a
pleading, and shall contain the following (which shallF, insofar
as practicable,] be set forth in the order stated):

       [(3) Where under the applicable law an issue is not
reviewable on appeal unless raised or preserved below, the
petition shall contain a statement of place of raising or
preservation of issues, as required in Pa.R.A.P. 2117(c).]
      (3) The questions presented for review, expressed in the
terms and circumstances of the case but without unnecessary
detail. The statement of questions presented will be deemed to
include every subsidiary question fairly comprised therein. Only
the questions set forth in the petition, or fairly comprised therein,
will ordinarily be considered by the court in the event an appeal
is allowed.
      (4) A statement of place of raising or preservation of
issues, which shall appear immediately after the questions
presented for review. The statement shall specify the stage
of the proceedings at which, and manner in which, the
questions sought to be reviewed were raised in each
proceeding below, the method of raising those questions
(e.q., by apleading, by arequest to charge and exceptions,
etc.), and the way in which those questions were passed
upon by each court below, with citations to the record, as
required by Pa.R.A.P. 2117(c). If under the applicable law an
issue is reviewable on appeal without having been raised or
preserved below, the statement shall so assert, with
citation to appropriate authority.

(d) Essential requisites of petition. — The failure to comply
with the requirements of this rule in all material respects
shall alone be grounds for denying a petition. The failure of
a petitioner to present with accuracy, brevity, and [
                                                    clearness]
clarity whatever is essential to a ready and adequate
understanding of the points requiring consideration will be a
sufficient reason for denying the petition.