Court Opinion

ID: 9759181
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 00:08:19.368324+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T10:14:54.177628
License: Public Domain

SPAETH, Judge,
dissenting:
I agree that it was within the discretion of the lower court to dismiss appellant’s post-trial motions even after he was returned to its jurisdiction. However, the lower court in exercising its discretion placed some emphasis on the fact *321that appellant never petitioned to have his post-trial motions reinstated, and appellant argues now that trial counsel was ineffective in failing to request reinstatement. Insofar as this is appellant’s first opportunity to assert trial counsel’s ineffectiveness, he should not be held to have waived this argument.
The case should be remanded to allow the lower court to consider whether trial counsel was ineffective in failing to request reinstatement.