Commonwealth v. Jerman

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• holding that an appeal is timely and the period of -5- J-S65012-19 taking an appeal was never triggered if there is no indication that the clerk furnished a copy of the order to the appellant in the docket entries
• holding that where “the docket entries disclose[] no indication that the clerk furnished a copy of the order to [the defendant,] we assume the period for taking an appeal was never triggered and the appeal is . . . timely”
• holding time for filing notice of appeal never commenced because the docket did not indicate that the appellant was provided with a copy of the final order
• observing that, where the final order was not properly docketed, the period for taking an appeal was never triggered”
• holding appeal was timely filed because appeal period was never triggered where docket entry did not indicate clerk furnished copy of order to appellant
• noting that when PCRA Petitioner does not file a direct appeal his or her judgment of sentence becomes final thirty days after imposition of sentence

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