Commonwealth v. Hoyman
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
ROWLEY, Judge:
This submitted case is an appeal from an order of the trial court denying appellant’s second collateral petition for relief from his conviction for rape. The petition was erroneously filed pursuant to the Post Conviction Hearing Act, 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 9541-9551 (hereinafter “PCHA”), which was modified in part, repealed in part, and renamed the Post Conviction Relief Act, 42 Pa.C.S. § 9541, et seq., eff. April 13, 1988, by Act of April 13, 1988, No. 47, §§ 3-4, 1988 Pa.Legis.Srv. 229-232 (hereinafter “PCRA”). The relief sought by appellant is a nunc pro tunc direct appeal to this…
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