Commonwealth v. Rivera

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that a petition to reinstate direct appellate rights nunc pro tunc must be raised within a PCRA petition
• holding a petition to reinstate direct appellate rights nunc pro tunc must be raised in a PCRA petition
• concluding appellant’s request for reinstatement of appellate rights nunc pro tunc could have been brought under the PCRA and attempt to circumvent PCRA was futile
• explaining that relief that can be granted under the PCRA must be sought under the PCRA

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

1 case in this archive cites this case.

• Commonwealth v. Pagan
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-12-22· cited 87×

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Lantzy
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-07-07· cited 472×
• Commonwealth v. Hall
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-05-22· cited 197×
• Commonwealth v. Hall
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-06-03· cited 39×
• Commonwealth v. Hitchcock
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-03-23· cited 24×
• Commonwealth v. Garcia
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-03-23· cited 23×
• Commonwealth v. Leasa
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-09-11· cited 21×
• Commonwealth v. Ross
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-10-30· cited 5×