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discussed Cited as authority (verbatim quote) Com. v. Johnston, N.
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2024 · signal: see · quote attribution · 1 verbatim quote · confidence high
superior court has no jurisdiction to entertain an untimely appeal.
discussed Cited as authority (verbatim quote) Dodd, T. v. Bowser, A.
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2023 · quote attribution · 1 verbatim quote · confidence high
the superior court has no jurisdiction to entertain an untimely appeal
discussed Cited as authority (verbatim quote) Com. v. Hall, C.
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2022 · signal: see · quote attribution · 1 verbatim quote · confidence high
time limitations for taking appeals are strictly construed and cannot be extended as a matter of grace.
discussed Cited as authority (verbatim quote) Com. v. Nelson, L.
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2021 · signal: see · quote attribution · 1 verbatim quote · confidence high
this court can raise the timeliness of appeal sua sponte, as the issue is one of jurisdiction to entertain the appeal.
discussed Cited as authority (verbatim quote) Com. v. Bainimarama, S.
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2020 · signal: see · quote attribution · 1 verbatim quote · confidence high
absent extraordinary circumstances, this court has no jurisdiction to entertain an untimely appeal
discussed Cited as authority (verbatim quote) Com. v. Williams, P.
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2016 · quote attribution · 1 verbatim quote · confidence high
absent extraordinary circumstances, this court has no jurisdiction to entertain an untimely appeal.
examined Cited as authority (verbatim quote) Com. v. Mellott, C. (2×)
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2015 · quote attribution · 2 verbatim quotes · confidence high
superior court can raise the timeliness of an appeal sua sponte, as the issue is one of jurisdiction to entertain the appeal.
cited Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Hooten, W.
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2026 · confidence medium
Commonwealth v. Burks, 102 A.3d 497, 500 (Pa. Super. 2014).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Atkinson, T.
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2026 · confidence medium
Both Atkinson and the municipal court complied with Pennsylvania Rule of Appellate Procedure 1925. ____________________________________________ 7 See Pa.R.Crim.P. 708(E) (filing a motion to modify sentence does not toll 30-day appeal period); Pa.Rs.A.P. 903(a) (an appellant must file a notice of appeal within thirty days of entry of order), 1701(b)(3)(requiring court to expressly grant reconsideration within timeframe of rules); Commonwealth v. Duffy, 143 A.3d 940, 942 , 942 n.3 (Pa. Super. 2016) (holding that notice of appeal from resentencing order must be filed within thirty days of imposit…
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Mumford, C.
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2026 · confidence medium
As this Court has explained, “[w]e lack jurisdiction to consider untimely appeals, and we may raise such jurisdictional issues sua sponte.” Commonwealth v. Capaldi, 112 A.3d 1242, 1244 (Pa.Super. 2015) (quoting Commonwealth v. Burks, 102 A.3d 497, 500 (Pa.Super. 2014)).
cited Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Flowers, B.
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2025 · confidence medium
Commonwealth v. Burks, 102 A.3d 497, 499-500 (Pa. Super. 2014).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Gaumer, N.
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2025 · confidence medium
Commonwealth v. Burks, 102 A.3d 497, 500 (Pa. Super. 2014). “[A] notice of appeal shall be filed -2- J-S35009-25 within 30 days after the entry of the order from which the appeal is taken” which, in a criminal case, is the judgment of sentence.
cited Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Sipe, J.
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2025 · confidence medium
Commonwealth v. Burks, 102 A.3d 497, 500 (Pa. Super. 2014). “[T]ime limitations for taking appeals are strictly construed and cannot be extended as a matter of grace.” Burks, 102 A.3d at 500 .
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Schmidt, L.
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2025 · confidence medium
As this Court has emphasized, “[t]ime limitations for taking appeals are strictly construed and cannot be extended as a matter of grace. … Absent extraordinary circumstances, this Court has no jurisdiction to entertain an untimely appeal.” Commonwealth v. Burks, 102 A.3d 497, 500 (Pa. Super. 2014) (internal citations omitted).
cited Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Walker, R.
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2025 · confidence medium
Commonwealth v. Burks, 102 A.3d 497, 500 (Pa. Super. 2014).
cited Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Jewells, G.
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2024 · confidence medium
Commonwealth v. Burks, 102 A.3d 497, 500 (Pa. Super. 2014).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Abrams, M.
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2024 · confidence medium
See Pa.R.A.P. 903(a); 105(b); Pa.R.Crim. 720; Commonwealth v. Burks, 102 A.3d 497, 500 (Pa. Super. 2014) (“[t]ime limitations for taking appeals are strictly construed and cannot be extended as a matter of grace. . . .
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Ali, M.
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2024 · confidence medium
We must first turn to whether the pro se Notice of Appeal was timely filed, as it affects whether we have jurisdiction over this appeal. - 10 - J-S23040-24 Commonwealth v. Burks, 102 A.3d 497, 500 (Pa. Super. 2014).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Toms, D. (2×) also: Cited "see"
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2024 · confidence medium
Commonwealth v. Burks, 102 A.3d 497, 499-500 (Pa. Super. 2014).
cited Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Cox, D.
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2024 · confidence medium
Commonwealth v. Burks, 102 A.3d 497, 500 (Pa. Super. 2014).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Irizarry, A.
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2024 · confidence medium
While we note that the allowance of appeal, nunc pro tunc, is within the sound discretion of the trial court, “[t]ime limitations for taking appeals are strictly construed and cannot be extended as a matter of grace.” Commonwealth v. Burks, 102 A.3d 497, 500 (Pa. Super. 2014) (citation omitted). “[A]n appeal nunc pro tunc is intended as a remedy to vindicate the right to an appeal where that right has been lost due to certain extraordinary circumstances.” Commonwealth v. Stock, 679 A.2d 760, 764 (Pa. 1996).
cited Cited as authority (rule) Smith, Q. v. Francis, G.
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2024 · confidence medium
As a prefatory matter, “Time limitations for taking appeals are strictly construed and cannot be extended as a matter of grace.” Commonwealth v. Burks, 102 A.3d 497, 500 (Pa.Super. 2014).
cited Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Delgado, A.
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2023 · confidence medium
Commonwealth v. Burks, 102 A.3d 497, 499 (Pa. Super. 2014) (some case citations omitted).
cited Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Yates, D.
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2023 · confidence medium
Commonwealth v. Burks, 102 A.3d 497, 500 (Pa. Super. 2014).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Purvis-Gilliam, C.
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2023 · confidence medium
See Commonwealth v. Carter, 122 A.3d 388, 391 (Pa.Super. 2015) (regarding as done that which ought to have been done where clerk of courts failed to note service of order denying post- sentence motion by operation on law in violation of Pa.R.Crim.P. 114(C)(2)); Commonwealth v. Howard, 659 A.2d 1018 , 1021 n.12 (Pa.Super. 1995) (reaching merits of claim and holding “we shall regard as done that which ought to have been done,” where appellant’s post-sentence motion was denied by operation of law, clerk of courts failed to enter an order, and appellant filed notice of appeal within 30 days …
cited Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Lopez-Diaz, I., Sr.
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2022 · confidence medium
Commonwealth v. Burks, 102 A.3d 497, 500 (Pa. Super. 2014) (internal citations omitted).
cited Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Ramirez, M.
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2022 · confidence medium
Commonwealth v. Burks, 102 A.3d 497, 500 (Pa. Super. 2014). -9- J-A15017-21 this notice and stipulated to the violations articulated in the notice.
cited Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Robinson, R.
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2022 · confidence medium
Pa.R.Crim.P. 708(E); Commonwealth v. Burks, 102 A.3d 497, 500 (Pa.Super. 2014). -4- J-S09035-22 aspects of any new sentence imposed.
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Feliciano, A.
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2022 · confidence medium
Commonwealth v. Burks, 102 A.3d 497, 500 (Pa.Super. 2014). ____________________________________________ (a) of the right to file a post-sentence motion and to appeal, of the time within which the defendant must exercise those rights, and of the right to assistance of counsel in the preparation of the motion and appeal; Pa. R.
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. $13,642.00, Appeal of: Samuel, J.
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2022 · confidence medium
“Time limitations for taking appeals are strictly construed and cannot be extended as a matter of grace.” Commonwealth v. Burks, 102 A.3d 497, 500 (Pa. Super. 2014) (citation omitted). “[A]n appeal nunc pro tunc is intended as a remedy to vindicate the right to an appeal where that right has been lost due to certain extraordinary circumstances.” Commonwealth v. Stock, 679 A.2d 760, 764 (Pa. 1996).
cited Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Ferguson, A.
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2021 · confidence medium
“Time limitations for taking appeals are strictly construed and cannot be extended as a matter of grace.” Commonwealth v. Burks, 102 A.3d 497, 500 (Pa.Super. 2014).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Major, J.
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2021 · confidence medium
Commonwealth v. Burks, 102 A.3d 497, 500 (Pa. Super. 2015) (citation omitted). -2- J-S15028-21 Consistent with the foregoing, Appellant had until July 9, 2020 to file a notice of appeal, but did not do so until August 14, 2020.
examined Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Mills, N. (3×) also: Cited "see"
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2021 · confidence medium
Commonwealth v. Burks, 102 A.3d 497, 500 (Pa. Super. 2014) (citations omitted).
cited Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Faison, K.
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2020 · confidence medium
A17043/20 “Absent extraordinary circumstances, this court has no jurisdiction to entertain an untimely appeal.” Commonwealth v. Burks, 102 A.3d 497, 500 (Pa.Super. 2014) (citation omitted).
cited Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Clark, K.
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2020 · confidence medium
Commonwealth v. Burks, 102 A.3d 497, 500 (Pa. Super. 2014).
cited Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Royster, J.
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2020 · confidence medium
Commonwealth v. Burks, 102 A.3d 497, 500 (Pa. Super. 2014).
cited Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Erb, D.
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2020 · confidence medium
Commonwealth v. Burks, 102 A.3d 497, 500 (Pa. Super. 2014) (citations omitted).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Cooke, J.
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2020 · confidence medium
“Time limitations for taking appeals are strictly construed and cannot be extended as a matter of grace.” Commonwealth v. Burks, 102 A.3d 497, 500 (Pa.Super. 2014) (citation omitted). “[A]n appeal nunc pro tunc is intended as a remedy to vindicate the right to an appeal where that right has been lost due to certain extraordinary circumstances.” Stock, supra, at 764 (citations omitted).
cited Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Wells, M.
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2020 · confidence medium
Commonwealth v. Banks, 102 A.3d 497, 500 (Pa. Super. 2014).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Hall, W. (2×)
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2020 · confidence medium
Commonwealth v. Burks, 102 A.3d 497, 500 (Pa.Super. 2014).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Craig, R.
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2020 · confidence medium
“Time limitations for taking appeals are strictly construed and cannot be extended as a matter of grace.” Commonwealth v. Burks, 102 A.3d 497, 500 (Pa. Super. 2014) (citation omitted). “[A]n appeal nunc pro tunc is intended as a remedy to vindicate the right to an appeal where that right has been lost due to certain extraordinary circumstances.” Stock, supra, at 764 .
cited Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Brunermer, J.
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2020 · confidence medium
As a prefatory matter, “Time limitations for taking appeals are strictly construed and cannot be extended as a matter of grace.” Commonwealth v. Burks, 102 A.3d 497, 500 (Pa.Super. 2014).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Rivera, L.
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2019 · confidence medium
Commonwealth v. Burks, 102 A.3d 497, 500 (Pa. Super. 2014) (stating that this Court may sua sponte address issues implicating our jurisdiction to entertain the appeal) (citation omitted).
cited Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Allen, T.
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2019 · confidence medium
Commonwealth v. Burks, 102 A.3d 497, 500 (Pa. Super. 2014) (citations omitted).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Cohick, T.
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2019 · confidence medium
See Commonwealth v. Williams, 206 A.3d 573 (Pa. Super. 2019) (quashing pro se prisoner’s notice of appeal, filed June 4 or 5, 2018, from an order resolving issues related to four different docket numbers); Commonwealth v. Burks, 102 A.3d 497, 500 (Pa. Super. 2014) (dismissing appeal as untimely filed beyond 30-day timeframe where record contained no evidence of a court holiday or breakdown in the operations of the court, which might have excused an untimely filing).
cited Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Young, B.
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2019 · confidence medium
Commonwealth v. Burks, 102 A.3d 497, 500 (Pa. Super. 2014) (citations omitted).
cited Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Landis, J.
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2019 · confidence medium
Commonwealth v. Burks, 102 A.3d 497, 500 (Pa.Super.2014) (citations omitted).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Piergrossi, D. (2×) also: Cited "see, e.g."
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2019 · confidence medium
Commonwealth v. Burks, 102 A.3d 497, 500 (Pa.Super.2014) (citations omitted).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Brayman, D. (2×) also: Cited "see"
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2019 · confidence medium
Commonwealth v. Burks, 102 A.3d 497, 500 (Pa. Super. 2014).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Killian, A.
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2019 · confidence medium
The filing of a motion to modify sentence will not toll the 30–day appeal period.”); Commonwealth v. Burks, 102 A.3d 497, 499-500 (Pa. Super. 2014). -4- J-S73036-18 Here, Appellant purports to invoke the “newly recognized constitutional right” exception to the time-bar.
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COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee
v.
Elise Marie BURKS, Appellant
722 WDA 2014.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania.
Oct 10, 2014.
102 A.3d 497
2014 Pa. Super. LEXIS 3931
2014 WL 5088799
Scott Coffery, Pittsburgh, for appellant., Sandrá Preuhs, Assistant District Attorney, Pittsburgh, for Commonwealth, appel-lee.
Gantman, Bender, Platt.
Cited by 107 opinions  |  Published

OPINION BY

GANTMAN, P.J.:

Appellant, Elise Marie Burks, appeals nunc pro tunc from the judgment of sentence entered in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas, following revocation of her probation. We dismiss this appeal as untimely.

The trial court set forth the relevant facts and procedural history of this case as follows:

On November 26, 2007, [Appellant] pled guilty at [No. 8288 of 2006], to one count of retail theft, one count of possession of altered, forged, or counterfeit documents or plates, two counts of receiving stolen property, one count of possession of marijuana, one count of possession of drug paraphernalia, [and] one count of criminal conspiracy (to engage in retail theft). [Appellant] pled guilty at [No. 0893 of 2007], to five counts of felony retail theft, one count of criminal conspiracy (to engage in retail theft), [and] one count of possessing instruments of crime. [Appellant] pled guilty at [No. 5841 of 2007], to one count of retail theft. On November 26, 2007, after accepting [Appellant’s] guilty plea at the above-captioned matter[s], [the trial court] imposed an aggregate sentence of time served, followed by a consecutive five years of probation.
[Appellant] committed subsequent retail thefts.... On October 24, 2012, this [c]ourt revoked. [Appellant’s] probation[*499] at all of the above cases and imposed an aggregate sentence of 18 months of intermediate punishment followed by 1 year of probation. [Appellant] was further ordered to submit to random urinalysis and “must complete all treatment recommended by the drug court treatment team” and participate in the criminality group. [Appellant] was admitted into the Drug Court program, and this [c]ourt warned [Appellant] that if she violated probation again she would be going to a state prison.
[Appellant] did not cooperate with the drug court program....
* 3= *
[Appellant’s] probation was revoked by this [c]ourt on March 21, 2013.[ [1] ] This [c]ourt resentenced [Appellant] to incarceration for 16 to 82 month[s] at [No. 5841 of 2007], plus a consecutive 1 to 2 years at both [No. 8288 at 2006] and [No. 0893 of 2007], for an aggregate sentence of 40 to 80 months of incarceration. [Appellant] filed a pro se post-sentence motion on April 10, 2013. [Appellant] filed a timely Post-Conviction Relief Act[ [2] ] petition (PCRA Petition) on July 9, 2013. This [c]ourt appointed counsel, who filed an Amended PCRA petition on November 26, 2013, requesting reinstatement of [Appellant’s] post-sentencing and appellate rights.... This [c]ourt scheduled a PCRA hearing. On March 26, 2014, this [c]ourt reinstated [Appellant’s] post-sentencing/appellate rights nunc pro tunc - [Appellant] filed a post-sentence motion on April 3, 2014, which this [e]ourt denied on April 15,2014. On May 2, 2014, [Appellant] filed a notice of appeal ... and [voluntary] Concise Statement of [Errors] Complained of on Appeal[, pursuant to Pa.R.A.P. 1925(b) ].

(Trial Court Opinion, filed June 26, 2014, at 1-3) (internal citations to the record omitted).

Appellant raises a single issue for our review:

DID THE TRIAL COURT ERR IN DENYING APPELLANT’S POST SENTENCING MOTIONS SINCE THE TRIAL COURT ERRED IN SENTENCING APPELLANT TO AN AGGREGATE SENTENCE OF 40-80 MONTHSH (3]é TO 6% YEARS[’]) IMPRISONMENT (16-32 MONTHS AT 5841-2007, A CONSECUTIVE 1-2 YEARS AT 893-2007 AND A CONSECUTIVE 1-2 YEARS AT 8288-2006) SINCE THE AGGREGATE SENTENCE WAS MANIFESTLY EXCESSIVE (THE SENTENCES COULD HAVE BEEN RUN CONCURRENT TO ONE ANOTHER), AND THE TRIAL COURT FAILED TO CONSIDER ALL OF THE FACTORS CONTAINED AT 42 PA.C.S.A. §§ 9721(B) & 9781(D)?

(Appellant’s Brief at 3).

As a preliminary matter, we address the timeliness of this appeal. Rule 720 of the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure in general governs the timing of post-sentence motion procedures and appeals. See Pa.R.Crim.P. 720. The disposition of a motion to modify a sentence imposed after a revocation hearing, however, is governed by Rule 708 (Violation of Probation, Intermediate Punishment, or Parole: Hearing and Disposition). See Pa.R.Crim.P. 720 Comment. Rule 708(E) states: “A motion to modify a sentence[*500] imposed after a revocation shall be filed within 10 days of the date of imposition. The filing of a motion to modify sentence will not toll the 30-day appeal period.” Pa.R.Crim.P. 708(E) (emphasis added). Rule 708 makes clear Rule 720 does not apply to revocation cases. Id. Comment. See also Commonwealth v. Parlante, 823 A.2d 927, 929 (Pa.Super.2003) (internal citation omitted) (stating: “An appellant whose revocation of probation sentence has been imposed after a revocation proceeding has 30 days to appeal her sentence from the day her sentence is [imposed], regardless of whether ... she files a post-sentence motion. Therefore, if an appellant chooses to file a motion to modify her revocation sentence, she does not receive an additional 30 days to file an appeal from the date her motion is denied”).

Time limitations for taking appeals are strictly construed and cannot be extended as a matter of grace. Commonwealth v. Valentine, 928 A.2d 346 (Pa.Super.2007). This Court can raise the matter sua sponte, as the issue is one of jurisdiction to entertain the appeal. Id. Absent extraordinary circumstances, this Court has no jurisdiction to entertain an untimely appeal. Commonwealth v. Patterson, 940 A.2d 493 (Pa.Super.2007), appeal denied, 599 Pa. 691, 960 A.2d 838 (2008).

Instantly, the court revoked Appellant’s probation and resentenced Appellant on March 21, 2013. Appellant did not file a post-sentence motion or direct appeal at that time. In her amended PCRA petition filed on November 26, 2013, Appellant asked the court to reinstate her postsen-tence and appeal rights nunc pro tunc. The court reinstated Appellant’s post-sentence and appeal rights nunc pro tunc on Wednesday, March 26, 2014. [3] Rule 708 governed Appellant’s direct appeal rights from the judgment of sentence following revocation of her probation. Rule 708 continued to govern Appellant’s post-sentence motions and/or appeal rights, even when they were reinstated nunc pro tunc via a PCRA petition. Although Appellant filed a post-sentence motion nunc pro tunc on April 3, 2014, that filing did not toll the thirty-day appeal period. See Pa. R.Crim.P. 708(E). Therefore, Appellant had until Friday, April 25, 2014, to file a notice of appeal, regardless of whether she chose to file a post-sentence motion. See id. Appellant did not file her notice of appeal until Friday, May 2, 2014.

Moreover, the record contains no evidence of extraordinary circumstances such as a court holiday or closing or a breakdown in the operations of the court, which might excuse Appellant’s untimely filing. [4] See Commonwealth v. Braykovich, 444 Pa.Super. 397, 664 A.2d 133 (1995), appeal denied, 544 Pa. 622, 675 A.2d 1242 (1996) (extension of filing period is permitted only in extraordinary circumstances, such as fraud or some breakdown in court’s operation). Therefore, Appellant’s failure to file her notice of appeal within thirty days of the order reinstating her direct appeal rights divested this Court of appellate jurisdiction. See Patterson, supra; Parlante, supra. Accordingly, we dismiss this[*501] appeal as untimely. [5]

Appeal dismissed.

1

. The court conducted a Gagnon II hearing that day. See Gagnon v. Scarpelli, 411 U.S. 778, 93 S.Ct. 1756, 36 L.Ed.2d 656 (1973).

3

. The order is incorrectly dated March 26, 2013.

4

. The court order correctly stated: ‘‘[Appellant] has ten (10) days from the date of this Order to file Post Sentencing Motions and/or thirty (30) days to file a Notice of Appeal.” (Order of Court, issued 3/26/14). Additionally, the court denied Appellant’s post-sentence motion on April 15, 2014. Thus, Appellant still had ten days left, following the court’s ruling, to file a timely notice of appeal.

5

. Counsel is directed to notify Appellant immediately of this disposition, so she can take appropriate steps to seek reinstatement of her direct appeal rights. As the case stands before us, we are without authority to overlook the jurisdictional impediment involved in this current appeal.