Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 12/30/2015

Com. v. Ruiz, J., Jr.

Citations

131 A.3d 54
2015 Pa. Super. 275
2015 Pa. Super. LEXIS 865
2015 WL 9632089

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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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Judges: Donohue, Ott, Musmanno

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