Commonwealth v. Voss

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• holding PCRA time limits are jurisdictional in nature and apply generally to issues raising legality of sentence
• holding appellant's PCRA must be denied because it was both untimely and failed to allege that any of the exceptions to the timeliness requirement applied
• recognizing new statute and holding that, since the statute takes effect January 16, 1996, the operative deadline for first- time PCRA petitions is January 16, 1997
• “Because the effective date of the amendments is January 16, 1996, the operative deadline for first-time PCRA petitions is January 16, 1997.”

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