Case Title: Commonwealth v. Brown, A. - No. (Granted) (petitions for allowance of appeal)

Citation: 

Docket Number: 101 WAL 2020

State: pennsylvania

Court: Pennsylvania Supreme Court

Date: 2020-11-03T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA WESTERN DISTRICT COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Respondent v. ALLEN BROWN, Petitioner : : : : : : : : : : : No. 101 WAL 2020 Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the Order of the Superior Court ORDER PER CURIAM AND NOW, this 3rd day of November, 2020, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue, as stated by Petitioner, is: Does a PCRA court’s inherent authority to correct obvious and patent mistakes in its records and orders extend beyond the correction of mistakes in its orders and provide it perpetual authority to reconsider and countermand an order granting PCRA relief on the ground that it now finds the precipitating PCRA petition was untimely? Moreover, the parties are directed to address in their briefs what, if any, effect our decision in Commonwealth v. Lacombe, 234 A.3d 602 (Pa. 2020), has on our resolution of this question.