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COM. v. HOLMES

933 A.2d 57 (2007)

COMMONWEALTH v. Christopher HOLMES, Appellant. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Rufus Whitfield, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Resubmitted November 21, 2006.

Decided October 16, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ellen T. Greenlee, Karl Baker, Jeffrey Paul Shender, Philadelphia, for Christopher Holmes.

Jason E. Fetterman, Hugh J. Burns, Philadelphia, for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Mark Patrick Cichowicz, Karl Baker, Philadelphia, for Rufus Whitfield.

CAPPY, C.J., CASTILLE, SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, BALDWIN, FITZGERALD, JJ.

OPINION

Justice BAER.1

We granted review in these two cases to consider the interaction between a statute limiting the period of time during which a trial court may modify or rescind an order2 and the long-standing, inherent power of courts to correct patent errors in orders. See Commonwealth v. Cole, 437 Pa. 288, 263 A.2d 339 (1970). The two cases under...

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