Commonwealth v. Seay

POPOVICH, J.:

¶ 1 This is an appeal pro se from the order entered on November 8, 2001, in the Court of Common Pleas, Delaware County, which denied Appellant Duan Seay’s first petition for collateral relief pursuant to the Post Conviction Relief Act (PCRA), 42 Pa. C.S.A. §§ 9541-9546. The PCRA court dismissed Appellant’s petition as untimely. Upon review, we quash this premature appeal and remand with instructions to the trial court to transmit Appellant’s direct appeal to the Prothonotary of this Court for docketing.

¶ 2 The unique facts and procedural history of this case are as follows: On…