TAMILIA, Judge:
This appeal is from the dismissal of the defendant's petition for relief under the Post Conviction Hearing Act, 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 9541, et seq. The sole issue presented is whether the petition for relief under the Post Conviction Hearing Act may be denied summarily because of delay in presenting that petition.
On November 1, 1977, the defendant was arrested and charged with the murder of his twenty-three year old girlfriend. While...
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