Plantation Estates, Inc. v. Florida Memorial Cemetery, Inc.

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• holding that, absent a breakdown in the operations of the court, a court cannot enlarge the time period for an appeal
• stating, “this Court can raise jurisdictional issues sua 4 Appellant and the trial court complied with Pennsylvania Rule of Appellate Procedure 1925. -8- J-S26018-25 sponte”
• where defendant represented by counsel, “pro se post-sentence motion was a nullity, having no legal effect”
• “Absent a breakdown in the operations of the court, [t]ime limitations on the taking of appeals are strictly construed and cannot be extended as a matter of grace.”
• where petitioner filed untimely notice of appeal and his appeal was dismissed, his judgment of sentence became final upon expiration of time for taking the direct appeal by filing a timely notice of appeal
• timeliness of appeal can be raised sua sponte because issue is jurisdictional

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