Commonwealth v. Alaouie

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• holding the prothonotary had no authority to reject an appellant’s timely but defective Notice of Appeal from a summary conviction
• holding prothonotary had no authority to reject appellant’s timely but defective notice of appeal
• holding prothonotary had no authority to reject appellant’s timely but defective notice of appeal
• concluding it was error to dismiss the defendant’s summary appeal -6- J-S32008-16 without entertaining his explanation for its untimeliness and viewing his offer of an explanation as a request for nunc pro tunc relief
• remanding for evidentiary hearing, construing appellant’s explanation for untimely notice of appeal as request for nunc pro tunc relief
• viewing appellant’s offer of explanation for untimely appeal as a -7- J-S16030-25 request for nunc pro tunc relief and concluding trial court erred in dismissing summary appeal without entertaining explanation

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