Commonwealth v. Mikell

OPINION BY COLVILLE, J.:

¶ 1 This is an appeal from the order dismissing Appellant’s petition filed pursuant to the Post Conviction Relief Act (“PCRA”). Appellant raises two issues for our review: (1) whether the PCRA court erred in refusing to reinstate Appellant’s direct appeal rights nunc pro tunc; and (2) whether the PCRA court erred in failing to either grant Appellant relief on his petition or conduct an evidentiary hearing thereupon. We affirm.

¶2 Our standard of review is as follows:

Our standard of review of a PCRA court’s denial of a petition for postcon-viction relief is well-settled:…