Commonwealth v. Hall

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Decided 2001-05-22

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OPINION CASTILLE, Justice. This Court granted review to determine whether a criminal defendant who failed to file a direct appeal from his judgment of sentence and thereafter failed to timely avail himself of the Post Conviction Relief Act (PCRA), 42 Pa.C.S. § 9541 et seq., to attempt to secure restoration of his waived direct appeal, may obtain collateral relief in the form of reinstatem…

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