Commonwealth v. Khalil

How courts have described this case

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• holding that this Court will address an otherwise untimely appeal if fraud or breakdown in the trial court’s processes resulted in an untimely appeal
• holding that “ineffectiveness for failing to call a witness will not be found where a defendant fails to provide affidavits from the alleged witnesses indicating availability and willingness to cooperate with the defense.”
• holding that the court’s untimely extension and subsequent denial “were a legal nullity”
• holding trial counsel not ineffective for failing to call alleged witness where Appellant failed to provide affidavits indicating the putative witness’s availability and willingness to testify on appellant’s behalf
• holding this Court “will address an otherwise untimely appeal if fraud or [a] breakdown in the trial court’s processes resulted in an untimely appeal”
• explaining that such a breakdown deprives a defendant of adequate notice of his constitutional right to a direct appeal

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