Title: Commonwealth v. Pitts, Pet (Summary Disposition)

State: pennsylvania

Issuer: Pennsylvania Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA MIDDLE DISTRICT COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Respondent v. DECOREY PITTS, Petitioner : : : : : : : : : : : : : No. 848 MAL 2008 Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the Memorandum Opinion and Order of the Superior Court (Stevens, Lally-Green and Popovich, JJ.) affirming the Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County (Cronin, Jr., P.J.) ORDER PER CURIAM DECIDED: June 8, 2009 AND NOW, this 8th day of June, 2009, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is granted. Having determined that the PCRA petition as issue was timely filed, the Judgment of the Superior Court is vacated, and the matter is remanded to the Superior Court for disposition of the merits of the PCRA petition.1 1 Contrary to the findings below, the docket and certified stamped date on the Superior Court’s Judgment Order disposing of this matter on direct appeal, No. 1781 EDA 2004, reveal that the Court affirmed the judgment of sentence on June 15, 2007, and not on June 15, 2006.