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Com. v. Cater

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Western District
Oct 21, 2003
834 A.2d 504 (Pa. 2003)

Opinion

[J-21-2003]

Submitted: January 10, 2003.

Decided: October 21, 2003.

No. 9 WAP 2002, Appeal from the Order of the Superior Court, entered October 18, 2001, at No. 735WDA2000, affirming the Judgment of Sentence of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, entered April 10, 2000 at NoCC8506531.

Prior report: 790 A.2d 336.

Erika P. Kreisman, for Kenneth Cater, Appellant.

Michael Wayne Streily, Amy Elizabeth Constantine, Karen E. Edwards, Pittsburgh, for the Com. of PA, Appellee.

Before: CAPPY, C.J. and CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN, SAYLOR, EAKIN and LAMB, JJ.


ORDER


AND NOW, this 21st day of October, 2003, the order of the Superior Court is reversed and the case is remanded to the PCRA court to consider whether appellant is entitled to file a Petition for allowance of Appeal to this Court nunc pro tunc based upon his appellate counsel's alleged ineffectiveness in failing to file a timely petition for allowance of appeal. See Commonwealth v. Liebel, 825 A.2d 630 (Pa 2003). Jurisdiction is relinquished.


Summaries of

Com. v. Cater

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Western District
Oct 21, 2003
834 A.2d 504 (Pa. 2003)
Case details for

Com. v. Cater

Case Details

Full title:COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Respondent v. KENNETH CATER, Petitioner

Court:Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Western District

Date published: Oct 21, 2003

Citations

834 A.2d 504 (Pa. 2003)
834 A.2d 504