Commonwealth v. Chester

*470 OPINION

Chief Justice CAPPY.

Appellant filed his second petition pursuant to the Post Conviction Relief Act (“PCRA”), 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 9541-46, in the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County, Criminal Division (“PCRA court”). The PCRA court dismissed the petition as untimely, and this direct appeal followed. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

Appellant and his co-defendant, Richard Laird, were tried together and convicted of, inter alia, first-degree murder and were sentenced to death. On direct appeal, this Court affirmed the convictions and sentences. Commonwealth v. Chester, 526 Pa. 578,…