Commonwealth v. Brown

OPINION BY OLSON, J.:

Appellant, Jamie Brown, appeals pro se from the order entered on December 22, 2014 dismissing his third petition filed pursuant to the Post-Conviction Relief Act ("PCRA"), 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 9541 -9546. After careful consideration, we affirm in part, vacate in part, and remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.

This Court previously set forth the factual background of this case as follows:

[On March 15, 2001] Aliquippa Police Officer James Naim was on routine foot patrol in the Linmar Housing Plan when Appellant approached him from the rear firing a nine…