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4 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 52 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Commonwealth v. Abu-Jamal.

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1 Commonwealth v. Abu-Jamal Anchor
pa · 2003
green “on appeal from the denial of pcra relief, our standard of review is whether the findings of the pcra court are supported by the record and free of legal error.” 28
2 Com. of Pa. v. Montgomery
pasuperct · 2018
green “the timeliness requirement for pcra petitions 'is mandatory and jurisdictional in nature.” 11
3 Commonwealth v. Pew
pasuperct · 2018
green “the question of whether a petition is timely raises a question of law, and where a petitioner raises questions of law, our standard of review is de novo and our scope of review is plenary.” 9
4 Commonwealth v. Flanagan
pa · 2004
green “allegations of ineffectiveness in connection with the entry of a guilty plea will serve as a basis for relief only if the ineffectiveness caused appellant to enter an involuntary or unknowing plea.” 4

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