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9 Pennsylvania opinions name it 1 courts 2020–2023 6 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by Pennsylvania courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
|---|---|---|
Commonwealth, Aplt v. Descaresgreen2 sentences2021See Commonwealth v. Descardes, 136 A.3d 493, 495-96 (Pa. 2016). 2020See -6- J-S11002-20 Commonwealth v. Descardes, 136 A.3d 493, 497 (Pa. 2016). | 4 | 4 |
Commonwealth v. Wattsgreen1 sentence2023Our Supreme Court has held “that subsequent decisional law does not amount to a new “fact” under section 9545(b)(1)(ii) of the PCRA.” See Commonwealth v. Watts, 23 A.3d 980, 986-87 (Pa. 2011) (explaining that subsection (b)(1)(ii) “applies only if the petitioner has uncovered facts that could not have been ascertained through due diligence, and judicial determinations are not facts.”). | 1 | 1 |
Brady v. Marylandgreen1 sentence2022See Act 2018, Oct. 24, P.L. 894, No. 146, § 3. 2 Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963). -6- J-S33033-21 Here, McKeithan’s claim under the governmental interference time-bar fails. | 1 | 1 |
Commonwealth v. Abu-Jamalgreen1 sentence2022See Act 2018, Oct. 24, P.L. 894, No. 146, § 3. -7- J-S33033-21 Commonwealth v. Abu-Jamal, 941 A.2d 1263,1268 (Pa. 2008). | 1 | 1 |
Commonwealth v. Petersongreen1 sentence2021See 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 9545(b)(2); Act 2018, Oct. 24, P.L. 894, No. 146, § 3.4 Here, even assuming Lilly’s allegation of PCRA counsel’s ineffectiveness per se holds water and that the one-year period applies – issues we do not reach – Lilly has not claimed that he exercised due diligence in discovering ____________________________________________ 3 See, e.g., Peterson , 192 A.3d at 1126, 1130-31, 1132 (finding second PCRA petition timely under newly-discovered facts exception where petitioner filed it within 60 days after this Court determined his PCRA counsel had filed his first petition one day | 1 | 1 |
Commonwealth v. Conwaygreen1 sentence2021In the instant case, Appellant’s judgment of sentence became final on November 20, 2014, when he voluntarily discontinued his appeal. 12 See Commonwealth v. Conway, 706 A.2d 1243, 1244 (Pa. Super. 1997) (judgment of sentence becomes final upon an appellant’s request to discontinue an appeal). | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Pennsylvania. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.