Commonwealth v. Carter

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating that we will regard as done that which ought to have been done and treating a filing as timely
• stating that, the direct appeal period does not begin to run when the clerk of courts fails to issue notice of the adjudication of a post-sentence motion
• directing that the appeal period does not run until the clerk of court mails or delivers copies of the order to the parties as shown on the docket
• stating that, the “appeal period only begins running on the date the [clerk of courts] mails or delivers copies of the orders to the parties” (original quotation marks omitted)
• stating that, the “appeal period only begins running on the date the [clerk of courts] mails or delivers copies of the orders to the parties” (original quotation marks omitted)
• stating that “[w]e will regard as done that which ought to have been done”; treating appeal timely despite clerk of courts’ failure to inscribe date of service on docket

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

3 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Walls
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-07-19· cited 118×
• Com. v. Gathright, R.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2022-05-25
• McCann, G. v. SBW Investments
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2025-05-06

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Alleyne v. United States
  Supreme Court· 2013-06-17· cited 5,868×
• United States v. Gonzalez-Lopez
  Supreme Court· 2006-06-26· cited 1,863×
• Commonwealth v. Newman
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-08-20· cited 623×
• Commonwealth v. Champney
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-09-24· cited 563×
• Commonwealth, Aplt. v. Hopkins, K.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-06-15· cited 395×
• Commonwealth v. Cardwell
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-11-25· cited 153×
• Commonwealth v. Ferguson
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-01-05· cited 117×
• Commonwealth v. Fransen
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-03-02· cited 99×
• Commonwealth v. Eline
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-12-31· cited 56×
• Commonwealth v. Howard
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-05-30· cited 19×