Commonwealth v. Sepulveda, M., Aplt.

OPINION

Justice DONOHUE.

This capital appeal, filed pursuant to the Post Conviction Relief Act, 42 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 9541-9546 (“PCRA”), returns following our remand of the case to the Monroe County Court of Common Pleas (“PCRA court”). 1 At issue in this appeal is whether, following remand from an appellate court with specific instructions, a PCRA court may treat new claims raised by the petitioner, which are outside the scope of the remand order, as amending the petitioner’s first, timely PCRA petition. We conclude that because the PCRA petition has been fully adjudicated, and because the PCRA…