Superior Court of Pennsylvania, 2019

Com. v. Murphy, C.

Com. v. Murphy, C.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania · Decided March 1, 2019

Com. v. Murphy, C.

Opinion

J-A03034-19 NON-PRECEDENTIAL DECISION – SEE SUPERIOR COURT I.O.P 65.37 COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, : IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF : PENNSYLVANIA Appellee : : v. : : CRAIG DEVON MURPHY, : : Appellant : No. 853 WDA 2018 Appeal from the Order May 15, 2018 in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Criminal Division, at No(s): CP-02-CR-0009419-2004 BEFORE: BOWES, J., SHOGAN, J. and STRASSBURGER, J.* JUDGMENT ORDER BY STRASSBURGER, J.: FILED MARCH 01, 2019 Craig Devon Murphy (Appellant) pro se appeals from the order entered May 15, 2018, vacating a prior order of expungement. This appeal was scheduled for oral argument, upon the request of Appellant, and notice was served on December 13, 2018. The Commonwealth appeared for argument, but Appellant did not. Despite submitting several filings to this Court, including an appellate brief, reply brief, request for oral argument, and an application for correction,1 Appellant did not request a continuance or otherwise inform this Court of his absence. Based on Appellant’s failure to appear, we dismiss this appeal. See Pa.R.A.P. 2314 (“If appellant or the

In light of our disposition, we deny Appellant’s “Application for Correction or Modification of Record Pursuant to Pa.R.A.P. 1926(b)(1).” *Retired Senior Judge assigned to the Superior Court.

J-A03034-19 moving party is not ready to proceed when a case is called for oral argument, the matter may be dismissed as of course.”).

Appeal dismissed.

Judgment Entered.

Joseph D. Seletyn, Esq.

Prothonotary

Date: 3/01/2019

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