Commonwealth v. Vega

CERCONE, President Judge Emeritus.

¶ 1 Jose Vega appeals, pro se, from the order entered July 19, 1999, disposing of his second petition brought pursuant to the Post, Conviction Relief Act, 42 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 9541-9546 (“PCRA” or “the Act”). Vega’s petition was dismissed on the basis of untimeliness, pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 9545. We affirm.

¶ 2 In May of 1991, Vega shot and killed his paramour’s husband in the presence of witnesses. Subsequently, on February 10, 1992, the Honorable Joseph D. O’Keefe conducted a bench trial at which he found Vega guilty of third-degree murder and possession of…