Title: Commonwealth v. Hardy, W. - No. (Granted) (petitions for allowance of appeal)

State: pennsylvania

Issuer: Pennsylvania Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA WESTERN DISTRICT COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Respondent v. WILLIE JAMES HARDY, Petitioner : : : : : : : : : : : No. 185 WAL 2022 Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the Order of the Superior Court ORDER PER CURIAM AND NOW, this 21st day of December, 2022, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issues, rephrased for clarity, are: (1) Was Appellant’s Petition for Post-Conviction DNA Testing Pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S. § 9543.1 timely? (2) Did Appellant satisfy the requirements of 42 Pa.C.S. § 9543.1(a)(2), with regard to evidence previously tested for DNA and evidence not previously tested for DNA? (3) Did Appellant present a prima facie case demonstrating that the DNA testing sought, assuming exculpatory results, would establish his actual innocence of the offense for which he was convicted?