Com. v. Ruiz, J., Jr.

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• holding that petitioners can raise an Alleyne claim in a timely PCRA petition where the petitioner’s direct appeal was still pending when Alleyne was decided
• holding that Alleyne does not invalidate mandatory minimum sentence when claim was presented in an untimely PCRA petition
• holding that petitioner serving a mandatory minimum sentence who filed a timely PCRA petition when his judgment of sentence was not final at the time Alleyne was decided, was entitled to a new sentence
• holding PCRA petitioner may be entitled to relief where his petition is timely filed and his judgment of sentence had not yet become final
• noting that Newman did not invalidate a mandatory minimum sentence presented in an untimely PCRA petition
• stating that “Alleyne does not invalidate a mandatory minimum sentence when presented in an untimely PCRA petition”

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