COM. v. CRISTINA

No. 601 WDA 2013

114 A.3d 419 (2015)

2015 PA Super 74

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant v. Jeffrey CRISTINA, Appellee.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Submitted February 2, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rebecca G. McBride , Assistant District Attorney, Pittsburgh, for Commonwealth, appellant.

Steven C. Townsend and Diana L. Stavroulakis , Pittsburgh, for appellee.

BEFORE: BENDER, P.J.E., MUNDY, J., and STABILE, J.


The Commonwealth appeals from the PCRA1 court's order granting Jeffrey Cristina a new sentencing hearing. Because the PCRA court lacked jurisdiction to entertain Cristina's untimely PCRA petition, we reverse.

In 1976, Cristina was convicted by a jury of second degree murder for the killing...

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