Jerry Mason v. Robert W. Meyers Attorney General of Pennsylvania

U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · Decided 2000-03-20

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OPINION OF THE COURT GARTH, Circuit Judge: The first of the issues raised in appellant Jerry Mason’s (“Mason”) appeal — whether a state court’s inordinate delay of four years in processing a petition for collateral relief under Pennsylvania’s Post Conviction Relief Act, 42 Pa. Cons.Stat. §§ 9541 et seq. (“PCRA”) constitutes a due proc…

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