Commonwealth v. Geer

OPINION BY

STEVENS, J.:

¶ 1 Appellant Benjamin Geer, Jr., purports to appeal, nunc pro tunc, from the June 15, 2005 order dismissing his first petition for relief under the Post Conviction Relief Act (PCRA), 42 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 9541-9546. Because the PCRA court did not have jurisdiction to reinstate Appellant’s PCRA appellate rights nunc pro tunc, we quash this appeal.

¶ 2 The relevant facts and procedural history are as follows: On January 7, 2002, Appellant pled guilty to involuntary deviate sexual intercourse (IDSI) and aggravated indecent assault.1 The pleas stem from Appellant’s sexual abuse of…