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COM. v. MERCADO

826 A.2d 897 (2003)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee v. Richard MERCADO, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed June 5, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Mercado, appellant, pro se.

Mark P. Pazuhanich, Dist. Atty., Stroudsburg, for Com., appellee.

Before: HUDOCK, POPOVICH, and CAVANAUGH, JJ.

CAVANAUGH, J.

¶ 1 Does this court have jurisdiction to consider the merits of Richard Mercado's appeal from a trial court order of December 10, 2002 which dismissed, without hearing, Mercado's petition for a writ of habeas corpus? We will conclude that the trial court, per The Honorable Peter J. O'Brien, was correct in entering the dismissal order.

¶ 2 Mercado is serving a life sentence for conviction of a murder which took place in Monroe...

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