Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 10/16/2007

Commonwealth v. Holmes

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933 A.2d 57
593 Pa. 601

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holding that trial courts have the inherent power to correct mistakes that are patent and emerge upon consideration of the record
holding that Section 5505’s limits on jurisdiction do not impinge upon trial court’s inherent authority to correct patent errors despite absence of traditional jurisdiction
concluding that, while a trial court typically (Footnote Continued Next Page) -2- J-S33011-17 ordered Appellant to file a Pa.R.A.P. 1925(b
holding that the jurisdictional limitations in 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 5505 do not impinge on the inherent power of the courts to correct a patent error
holding that trial courts have the inherent power to correct mistakes that are patent and clearly incompatible with the record
holding that the divestiture of jurisdiction does “not impinge on [the] time-honored inherent power of courts” to “correct patent errors”

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Judges: Cappy, Castille, Saylor, Eakin, Baer, Baldwin, Fitzgerald

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