Commonwealth v. Wharton

OPINION

Justice BAER.

In this capital case, Appellant Robert Wharton appeals pro se from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County dismissing his second petition for relief pursuant to the Post-Conviction Relief Act (PCRA), 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 9541-9546, as untimely filed. We affirm.

The murders of Bradley Hart and his wife Fern were the culmination of a series of crimes committed by Appellant and his cohorts against the Hart family in retribution for a dispute over the quality of home improvement work Appellant performed in the summer of 1983 at the Harts’ residence and at a radio…