ZAPPALA, Justice.
This is a direct appeal from the denial of Appellant's second Post-Conviction Relief Act (PCRA) petition. Because we find that Appellant's petition was untimely filed in violation of the recently amended Post Conviction Relief Act, 42 Pa.C.S. § 9545, we affirm the common pleas court's order denying relief in this capital case.
On June 21, 1983, George Emil Banks, Appellant, was convicted of twelve counts of murder in the first degree...
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