Mathews v. Carlson

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• holding that a PCRA petition based on information discovered during habeas proceedings must be filed within 60 days of receipt of that -7- J-S63025-19 information
• noting that the PCRA 2 Specifically, seven counts of possession with intent to deliver, 35 P.S. § 780- 113(a)(30); one count of possession of a controlled substance, 35 P.S. § 780- 113(a)(16
• explaining that a PCRA petition, including a second or subsequent petition, must be filed within one year of the date the petitioner’s judgment of sentence became final, unless he pleads and proves an exception to the PCRA time bar
• recognizing the PCRA’s timeliness provisions are jurisdictional in nature
• noting it is a petitioner’s burden to prove a timeliness exception
• “The [PCRA’s] timeliness requirements apply to all PCRA petitions, regardless of the nature of the individual claims raised therein.”

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