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Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 12/29/2015

Commonwealth v. Mason, L., Aplt

Citations

  • 130 A.3d 601
  • 634 Pa. 359
  • 2015 Pa. LEXIS 3191
  • 2015 WL 9485173

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  • concluding that the appellant failed to preserve an appellate claim by raising it in a PCRA petition or in an authorized amended PCRA petition
  • concluding that petitioner who first asserted claim in response to Commonwealth’s motion to dismiss waived claim for failure to obtain leave of court to supplement or amend petition
  • holding that PCRA petitioner did not preserve issue by failing to seek leave to amend his petition, irrespective of the inclusion of the issue in a Rule 1925(b) statement
  • explaining that - 12 - J-S26043-21 when supported by the record “[t]he PCRA court’s credibility determinations … are binding….”
  • directing that a petitioner must seek leave of court to amend a petition; claims raised in an unauthorized amended petition are waived
  • recognizing the PCRA court’s credibility determinations, if supported by the record, are binding on this Court

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Judges: Saylor, Eakin, Baer, Todd, Stevens

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