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COM. v. STOKES

No. 515 CAP

959 A.2d 306 (2008)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee v. Ralph Trent STOKES, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided November 21, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cristi A. Charpentier, Michael Wiseman, Helen A. Marino, Defender Ass'n of Philadelphia, for Ralph Trent Stokes, appellant.

Hugh J. Burns, Philadelphia Dist. Attorney's Office, Amy Zapp, Harrisburg, for the Com. of P.A., appellee.

BEFORE: CASTILLE, C.J., SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, TODD, McCAFFERY and GREENSPAN, JJ.

OPINION

Justice GREENSPAN.

This is a collateral capital appeal from an order dismissing Appellant Ralph Trent Stokes's second petition for relief under the Post Conviction Relief Act (PCRA), 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 9541-9546. Because we conclude that the petition was not timely, we affirm the order of the PCRA court.

On March 11, 1982, Appellant and Donald Jackson robbed Appellant's employer, a restaurant...

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