Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 3/28/2017

Commonwealth, Aplt. v. Burton, S.

Citations

158 A.3d 618
638 Pa. 687
2017 WL 1149203
2017 Pa. LEXIS 664

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holding that the presumption that information in the public domain is known to PCRA petitioners cannot apply to incarcerated petitioners
holding that the presumption that information in the public domain is known to PCRA petitioners cannot apply to incarcerated petitioners
concluding that a pro se prisoner’s access to public records is compromised
reiterating that “the newly- discovered facts exception to the time limitations of the PCRA, as set forth in subsection 9545(b)(1)(ii
reiterating that “the newly-discovered facts exception to the time limitations of the PCRA, as set forth in subsection 9545(b)(1)(ii), is distinct from the after-discovered evidence basis for relief delineated in 42 Pa.C.S. § 9543(a)(2)”
stating that the newly-discovered fact exception “requires the petitioner to allege and prove that there were facts that were unknown to him and that he could not have ascertained those facts by the exercise of due diligence.”

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Judges: Saylor, Baer, Todd, Donohue, Dougherty, Wecht, Mundy

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