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Commonwealth v. Duffey

Citations

  • 713 A.2d 63
  • 551 Pa. 675
  • 1998 Pa. LEXIS 1021

How courts have described this case

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  • stating that the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections provides inmates with access to a preprinted form for seeking PCRA relief
  • remanding for counseled PCRA proceedings where attorneys simply helped petitioner prepare a pro se PCRA petition but did not actually enter an appearance or advocate on petitioner's behalf
  • remanding for counseled PCRA proceedings where attorneys simply helped petitioner prepare a pro se PCRA petition but did not actually enter an appearance or advocate on petitioner’s behalf
  • “The PCRA Petition is written on a six-page preprinted form that the Department of Corrections provides to inmates … (Form DC–98).”

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Judges: Flaherty, Zappala, Cappy, Castille, Nigro, Newman, Saylor

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