Commonwealth v. Tedford

OPINION

NIGRO, Justice.

Appellant Donald Tedford appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Butler County denying his Petition for Relief Under the Post Conviction Relief Act, 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 9541 et seq. (“PCRA Petition”) for being untimely. We agree with Appellant that the trial court erroneously determined that his PCRA Petition was untimely and therefore, remand this matter to the PCRA court to review the merits of the claims raised in Appellant’s PCRA Petition.

On February 6,1987, a jury convicted Appellant of the first-degree murder and rape of Jeanine Revak. Following a penalty…