another person, and two summary offenses, and was granted a hearing on his post-convict or this situation to the Allegheny County Clerk of Courts for not adhering to "Pa. R.Crim.P. 909(B)(3), (4), (5), and (6)” which "provide a mechanism for tracking and [notifying] the trial court about pending PCRA matters.” PCRA Court Opinion, 2/23/2015, at n. 1. We remind the court that Rule 909 is applicable only to post-conviction relief in death penalty cases; thus, the court’s admonishment of the clerk’s office for failing to track this case is misplaced. 10 . We recognize that it is difficult to tell the emperor he is wearing no clothes. However, attorneys must sometimes act courageously to do just that. See, e.g., Keffer v. Bob Nolan’s Auto Serv., Inc., 59 A.3d 621, 657-58 (Pa.Super.2012)
holding that an appellate court cannot address on appeal an issue never ruled upon by the trial court holding that when the trial court overlooks or fails to rule on an issue the party seeking the courts ruling must remind the court that it has not ruled and obtain a definitiveruling on the issue holding that even though the arbitrator ruled on the issue of arbitrability it was the responsibility of the court to address that issue de novo holding that a party must obtain a distinct ruling on an issue in order to raise it on appeal holding court unable to rule on issue when the record fails to include copies of the evidence needed to decide issue on appeal