Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 10/13/2017

Commonwealth v. McGarry

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172 A.3d 60

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holding PCRA court erred in dismissing without a hearing claim that the petitioner requested that counsel file a direct appeal
finding that a PCRA court erred in dismissing without a hearing an appellant’s claim he asked his plea counsel to file a direct appeal
observing that “[c]ourts in this Commonwealth and various Federal Courts of Appeals have rejected sovereign citizen claims, identical to those raised here . . . as frivolous”
applying the Kizak holding to an identical ex post facto claim involving the 2014 amendment to Section 3806
applying the Kizak holding to an identical ex post facto claim involving the 2014 amendment to Section 3806
deeming appeal proper despite premature notice of appeal where the PCRA court subsequently entered a final order dismissing the PCRA petition

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Judges: Dubow, Fitzgerald, Solano

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