Opinion
Argued March 16, 1982.
Filed April 30, 1982.
Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Civil Div. No. S.A. 1402 of 1980; Papadakos, Judge.
David Harry Patterson, appellant, in pro. per.
Robert L. Eberhardt, Deputy District Attorney, Pittsburgh, for Commonwealth, appellee.
Before SPAETH, JOHNSON and HOFFMAN, JJ.
On March 12, 1981, appellant was adjudicated guilty of a summary offense after a trial de novo in a court of common pleas. He filed no post-trial motions before taking this appeal. In Commonwealth v. Koch, 288 Pa. Super. 290, 431 A.2d 1052 (1981), we held that post-trial motions are a prerequisite to preserve issues for appellate review following such a trial de novo. See Pa.R.Crim.P. 1123. However, when no post-trial motions were filed and the adjudication occurred before July 1, 1981, we have remanded to allow appellant to file post-trial motions nunc pro tunc. E.g., Commonwealth v. Cruice, 297 Pa. Super. 1, 442 A.2d 1183 (1982); Commonwealth v. McNelis, 297 Pa. Super. 4, 442 A.2d 1184 (1982). Because appellant did not file post-trial motions but was convicted before July 1, 1981, we vacate the judgment of sentence and remand to allow him to file post-trial motions nunc pro tunc. Following the lower court's ultimate disposition of those motions and entry of a final order, either party aggrieved may appeal as allowed by law.
So ordered.