Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Breakiron
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided September 26, 2001No. 323, Capital Appeal DocketPublishedCited by 271 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ZAPPALA, Justice.
This is a direct appeal from the denial of Appellant’s second petition for post-conviction relief pursuant to the Post Conviction Relief Act (PCRA), 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 9541-9546. The common pleas court found that the petition was untimely and dismissed it for lack of jurisdiction. For the reasons that follow, we affirm. 1
On April 13, 1988, Appellant was convicted of first-degree murder and robbery and was subsequently sentenced to death. On March 14, 1990, our Court affirmed Appellant’s conviction and sentence, Commonwealth v. Breakiron, 524 Pa. 282, 571 A.2d 1035 (1990),…
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