COMMONWEALTH v. HALL


771 A.2d 1232 (2001)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Luke Kane HALL, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided May 22, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark C. Baldwin, Iva C. Dougherty, for Com., Appellant.

Before FLAHERTY, C.J., and ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN, SAYLOR, JJ.


OPINION

CASTILLE, Justice.

This Court granted review to determine whether a criminal defendant who failed to file a direct appeal from his judgment of sentence and thereafter failed to timely avail himself of the Post Conviction Relief Act (PCRA), 42 Pa.C.S. § 9541 et seq., to attempt to secure restoration of his waived direct appeal, may obtain collateral relief in the form of reinstatement of his direct appeal rights nunc pro tunc...

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