Com. v. Bates, D.

J-S07007-22

2022 PA Super 53

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA : IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF : PENNSYLVANIA : v. : : : DAVID RYAN BATES : : Appellant : No. 981 WDA 2021 Appeal from the PCRA Order Entered August 16, 2021 In the Court of Common Pleas of Erie County Criminal Division at No(s): CP-25-CR-0003421-2016 BEFORE: OLSON, J., SULLIVAN, J., and PELLEGRINI, J.* OPINION BY OLSON, J.: FILED: March 29, 2022 Appellant, David Ryan Bates, appeals pro se from the order entered on August 16, 2021, which dismissed his petition filed under the Post Conviction Relief Act (“PCRA”), 42 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 9541-9546. We…