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COMMONWEALTH v. BURTON

No. 9 WAP 2016.

158 A.3d 618 (2017)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant v. Shawn Lamar BURTON, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

DECIDED: March 28, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Wayne Streily , Allegheny County District Attorney's Office, Pittsburgh, PA, for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Appellant.

Craig Mitchell Cooley , Cooley Law Office, Pittsburgh, PA, Paige Hennessey Forster , Reed Smith, L.L.P., Pittsburgh, PA, for Shawn L. Burton, Appellee.

Michael L. Morgan Banks , Lewis & Bockius LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project, and The Pennsylvania Prison Society, Appellees Amicus Curiae.

James Michael Evans , Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis Llp, Pittsburgh, PA, for The Innocence Network and The Pennsylvania Innocence Project, Appellees Amicus Curiae.

John S. Summers , Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller, Philadelphia, PA, for Pennsylvania Exonerees, Appellee Amicus Curiae.

A. Lauren Carpenter , Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project, and The Pennsylvania Prison Society, Appellees Amicus Curiae.

Robert J. Cindrich , Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP, Pittsburgh, PA, for The Innocence Network and The Pennsylvania Innocence Project, Appellees Amicus Curiae.

Rebecca Jill Hillyer , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Philadelphia, PA. for American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project, and The Pennsylvania Prison Society, Appellees Amicus Curiae.

Timothy Kimbrue Lewis , Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP, Washington, DC, Paul H. Titus , Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP, Pittsburgh, PA, for The Innocence Network, and The Pennsylvania Innocence Project, Appellees Amicus Curiae.

SAYLOR, C.J., BAER, TODD, DONOHUE, DOUGHERTY, WECHT, MUNDY, JJ.

OPINION

In this discretionary appeal by the Commonwealth, we consider whether the presumption that information of public record cannot be considered "unknown" for purposes of proving the newly-discovered facts exception to the time requirements of the Post Conviction Relief Act ("PCRA"), 42 Pa.C.S....

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