Commonwealth v. Rizvi

OPINION BY

STEVENS, P.J.E.:

Anwar Rizvi (“Appellant”) appeals from the order entered by the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County dismissing his second petition for collateral relief filed under the Post Conviction Relief Act (“PCRA”), 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 9541-9546, as untimely. Appellant contends that extraordinary circumstances required the equitable tolling of the PCRA’s one-year limitations period in his case, making the PCRA court’s refusal to do so reversible error. We affirm.

On August 11, 2009, Appellant was sentenced to 15 to 30 years’ incarceration for criminal attempt-homicide, and he…