Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Lewis

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 22, 2013PublishedCited by 125 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

DONOHUE, J.:

Ishaq Abdule Lewis (“Lewis”) appeals from the June 19, 2012 order entered by the Court of Common Pleas, Dauphin County, denying his second petition filed pursuant to the Post Conviction Relief Act (“PCRA”), 42 Pa.C.SA. §§ 9541-9546, as untimely. We affirm.

In the course of deciding the appeal from the denial of Lewis’ first PCRA petition, we summarized the factual and procedural histories of this case as follows:

*1276On July 20, 2005, [Lewis] entered a negotiated guilty plea to one count each of first-degree murder, recklessly endangering another person, flight to avoid…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Hill v. LockhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  3. McMann v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  4. Padilla v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 2010
  5. Martinez v. RyanSupreme Court of the United States · 2012

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3Cited by125 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. HernandezSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2013
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  5. Com. v. Reeves, G.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2023

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