Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Lark
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided February 23, 2000No. 235PublishedCited by 488 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CAPPY, Justice.
In this appeal, Appellant contends that the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County erred in dismissing his second petition for relief pursuant to the Post Conviction *491Relief Act (PCRA), 42 Pa.C.S. § 9541 et seq., as untimely. We affirm.
On June 28, 1985, Appellant was convicted of first degree murder and related offenses, and was sentenced to death. This court affirmed that sentence on direct appeal on May 20, 1988. Commonwealth v. Lark, 518 Pa. 290, 543 A.2d 491 (1988). Appellant’s first petition for collateral review pursuant to the PCRA was dismissed by the trial…
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