Commonwealth v. Furgess

OPINION BY

SOLANO, J.:

Appellant, Robert Furgess, appeals pro se from,the order dismissing his second petition filed pursuant to the Post Conviction Relief Act (PCRA), 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 9541-9546. The PCRA court found Appellant’s petition to be untimely and therefore not within its jurisdiction. Upon review, we affirm.

■ At' the conclusion of a bench trial on October 27, 1989, Appellant was convicted of first-degree murder and possession of an instrument of crime (PIC). 1 The trial court sentenced Appellant to life imprisonment for the murder conviction, -and a concurrent term of one to two years’…