Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 9/28/2012

Commonwealth v. Jones

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54 A.3d 14
617 Pa. 587
2012 WL 4465852
2012 Pa. LEXIS 2258

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holding that a PCRA petition based on information discovered during habeas proceedings must be filed within 60 days of receipt of that -7- J-S63025-19 information
noting that the PCRA 2 Specifically, seven counts of possession with intent to deliver, 35 P.S. § 780- 113(a)(30); one count of possession of a controlled substance, 35 P.S. § 780- 113(a)(16
explaining that a PCRA petition, including a second or subsequent petition, must be filed within one year of the date the petitioner’s judgment of sentence became final, unless he pleads and proves an exception to the PCRA time bar
recognizing the PCRA’s timeliness provisions are jurisdictional in nature
noting it is a petitioner’s burden to prove a timeliness exception
“The [PCRA’s] timeliness requirements apply to all PCRA petitions, regardless of the nature of the individual claims raised therein.”

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Judges: Baer, Castille, Eakin, McCaffery, Melvin, Saylor, Todd

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