TURO, INC. v. CYNTHIA MOBLEY, A'SHARI CALHOUN, WILLIE CALHOUN, TONT'YONA LITTLES, ALAYA LOTT-GRAY, DARRIASHA WIMBERLY, Individually and CYNTHIA MOBLEY, as Parent and Natural Guardian of C. C., and PAULO HENRIQUE SIMOES DE OLIVEIRA

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• holding mental illness and learning disabilities do not qualify as “new facts” for purposes of satisfying the subsection 9545(b)(1)(ii) time-bar exception
• explaining that PCRA court did not err by appointing new appellate counsel based on appellant’s allegations of mental illness and illiteracy, notwithstanding general prohibition of appellant’s right to counsel once PCRA counsel properly withdrew under Turner/Finley
• stating that the “limited holding” in Cruz has been construed “narrowly.”
• “Having a history of mental illness … does not rise to the same level of unique circumstances found in Cruz.” (citation omitted)
• noting appointment of appellate counsel was appropriate, even after grant of Turner/Finley application to withdraw, where petitioner alleged mental illness and learning disabilities
• collecting cases rejecting newly discovered fact exception claims alleging mental incompetence

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