Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 10/18/2017

Commonwealth v. Spotz, M., Aplt.

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171 A.3d 675

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holding that Johnson has not been held to apply to Pennsylvania statutes
holding Supreme Court, like PCRA court, had no jurisdiction to consider petitioner’s claim that state death penalty statute was unconstitutional when petitioner could not satisfy timing exception
holding neither Johnson nor Welch affords appellant relief because he was sentenced under state law; at this time, Johnson and Welch apply only to prisoners sentenced under relevant federal statute
holding neither Johnson nor Welch affords appellant relief because he was not sentenced under federal Armed Career Criminal Act; Johnson and Welch apply only to federal prisoners sentenced under relevant federal statute
holding neither Johnson nor Welch affords appellant relief because he was not sentenced under federal Armed Career Criminal Act; at this juncture, Johnson and Welch apply only to federal prisoners sentenced under relevant federal statute
stating a “PCRA petitioner bears the burden of proving the applicability of one of the [timeliness] exceptions.”

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Judges: Saylor, Baer, Todd, Donohue, Dougherty, Wecht, Mundy

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