Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 10/29/1996

Commonwealth v. Clinton

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683 A.2d 1236
453 Pa. Super. 385
1996 Pa. Super. LEXIS 3543

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holding that the absence of a post-sentence motion does not result in waiver of claims that the trial court failed to state its reasons for the imposition of a sentence on the record
providing that while issues not presented in the statement of questions involved are generally deemed waived, court may overlook the defect when the defendant raises the questions involved in some other portion of his brief
listing cases that hold that “a defendant must always file a post7sentence motion in order to preserve a claim assailing a verdict as against the weight' of the evidence”
listing cases that hold that \a defendant must always file a post-sentence motion in order to preserve a claim assailing a verdict as against the weight of the evidence\
when the trial court prepares a 1925(a) opinion, it no longer has jurisdiction to grant a new trial

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