Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 2006

Commonwealth v. Whitehead

Commonwealth v. Whitehead
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Decided July 6, 2006
904 A.2d 856; 588 Pa. 309; 2006 Pa. LEXIS 1109 (Atlantic Reporter, Second Series)

Commonwealth v. Whitehead

Opinion of the Court

ORDER

PER CURIAM.

AND NOW, this 6th day of July, 2006, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The Order of the Superior Court is vacated, and the matter is remanded to that court for a determination of the issue of timeliness of the PCRA petition. See Commonwealth v. Murray, 562 Pa. 1, 753 A.2d 201 (2000) (the time limitations of the PCRA are jurisdictional and no court may disregard or alter those *857requirements in order to reach the merits of claims raised in an untimely filed petition). Jurisdiction is relinquished.

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