Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Ross
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 30, 2000PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LALLY-GREEN, J.:
¶ 1 Appellant, John Ross, appeals from the denial of his “Petition to File Appeal Nunc Pro Tunc.” The trial court dismissed the petition as an untimely second PCRA petition. We reverse.
¶ 2 The procedural history of the case is as follows. On December 9, 1988, after a non-jury trial, Appellant was convicted of third degree murder and possessing an instrument of crime. N.T., 12/9/88, at 104. Appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment on November 20, 1989.1 N.T., 11/20/89, at 10. This Court affirmed the judgment of sentence on August 24, 1990. Commonwealth v. Ross, 405…
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