Commonwealth v. Perry

OPINION BY

WECHT, J.:

- The Commonwealth appeals the February 4, 2015 order granting Bryan Perry’s petition for relief pursuant to the Post Conviction Relief Act (“PCRA”), 42 Pa. C.S. §§ 9541-46, and reinstating Perry’s direct appellate rights nunc pro tunc. Also before this Court is Perry’s direct appeal, which he has filed nunc pro tunc pursuant to the PCRA court’s February 4, 2015 order. Because we conclude that the PCRA court erred in granting Perry’s petition in the first instance, we reverse that order and dismiss Perry’s contemporaneous direct appeal as moot.

On November 15, 2011, a jury…