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### -S29015-19 NON-PRECEDENTIAL DECISION - SEE 

### SUPERIOR COURT 

### I.O.P. 

### 65.37 COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA,

v. CUONG PHAM, 

### Appellee IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA



### Appellant No. 

### 2207 EDA 

### 2018 Appeal 

### from the PCRA 

### Order Entered June 15, 

### 2018 In 

### the Court of Common Pleas 

### of Philadelphia 

### County Criminal Division at No(s): 

### CP-51-CR-0014307-2011 BEFORE: BENDER, P.J.E., LAZARUS, J., and FORD ELLIOTT, P.J.E. MEMORANDUM BY BENDER, P.J.E.: 

### FILED AUGUST 

### 07, 

### 2019 Appellant, Cuong Pham, 

### appeals 

### pro se 

### from the post 

### -conviction court's June 15, 

### 2018 

### order dismissing his 

### timely -filed 

### petition under the Post 

### Conviction Relief 

### Act (PCRA), 

### 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 

### 9541-9546. We 

### affirm. The PCRA 

### court summarized the facts and 

### procedural 

### history of Appellant's underlying convictions, and 

### we need 

### not 

### reiterate 

### that discussion 

### for purposes 

### of this appeal. 

### See PCRA 

### Court Opinion (PCO), 

### 11/21/18, at 1- 4. 

### Appellant filed 

### the 

### pro se PCRA 

### petition at issue 

### herein on 

### December 7, 

### 2017. Counsel was 

### appointed, but instead 

### of filing an 

### amended 

### petition on 

### Appellant's behalf, counsel filed a 

## Turner/Finley' 'no 

### -merit' letter and

1 

### Commonwealth v. 

### Turner, 544 A.2d 

### 927 (Pa. 

### 1988), and 

### Commonwealth v. 

### Finley, 550 A.2d 213 (Pa. 

### Super. 

### 1988) (en 

### banc).J 

### -S29015-19 petition to 

### withdraw. On May 18, 

### 2018, the 

### court issued a 

### Pa.R.Crim.P. 

### 907 notice 

### of its 

### intent to dismiss 

### Appellant's petition 

### without a 

### hearing, to 

### which he 

### filed a 

### pro se 

### response, as 

### well as an 

### amended PCRA 

### petition. However, on 

### June 15, 

### 2018, the PCRA 

### court issued an 

### order dismissing 

### Appellant's petition and 

### granting counsel's 

### request to 

### withdraw. Appellant filed a 

### timely, pro se 

### notice of appeal. The PCRA 

### court ordered him to 

### file a Pa.R.A.P. 

### 1925(b) concise 

### statement of 

### errors complained of on 

### appeal. 

### Appellant, however, did 

### not file any Rule 

### 1925(b) 

### statement but, instead, he 

### filed two 

### additional, pro se 

### amended 

### petitions. On 

### November 21, 

### 2018, the PCRA 

### court issued a Rule 

### 1925(a) opinion. Herein, 

### Appellant presents 

### twelve issues 

### for our review in 

### the 

### "Statement of the Questions" portion of his 

### brief, 

### yet he 

### delineates only two separate claims in his 

### "Argument" section. 

### See Appellant's Brief at 2-3 ("Questions Presented 

### for Review"); 

### id. at 11-15 

### ("Argument"). Consequently, 

### Appellant has 

### failed to 

### comply with Pa.R.A.P. 

### 2119 ("The 

### argument shall be 

### divided into as 

### many parts as 

### there are 

### questions to be 

### argued; and 

### shall have 

### at the head 

### of each 

### part - in 

### distinctive type or in 

### type 

### distinctively displayed - 

### the 

### particular point treated therein, followed by such 

### discussion and 

### citation of 

### authorities as 

### are deemed 

### pertinent."). The 

### two claims set 

### forth in 

### Appellant's 

### "Argument" section are 

### the 

### following: 

## [I.] Base[d] upon 

### the legislative 

### intent, for an 

### individual to be 

### convicted under the 

### statue [sic] 18 

### Pa.C.S.[] § 

### 5902(3), the individual 

### must do 

### more than make an 

### offer to 

### another person 

### for sexual 

### activity: the individual must undertake acts 

### the 

### [sic] demonstrate he has 

### hired 

### that person to 

### perform a 

### sexual act.

- 2 -J 

### -S29015-19 

## [II.] [Appellant's] action of soliciting 

### for

... 

### sexual 

### activity without money exchanging hands or him 

### undertaking 

### further action 

### that would 

### demonstrate he has 

### hired an 

### individual does 

### not 

### constitute 

### "hire" under the 

### statute 18 

### Pa.C.S.[] § 

### 5902(e), and 

### thus[,] the evidence proffered at 

### trial was 

### insufficient to 

### sustain his 

### conviction. See Appellant's Brief at 12, 13. 

### This 

### Court's standard of review regarding an 

### order denying a 

### petition under the PCRA is 

### whether the 

### determination of the PCRA 

### court is 

### supported by 

### the evidence of record and is 

### free of legal 

### error. 

### Commonwealth v. 

### Ragan, 923 A.2d 1169, 1170 (Pa. 

### 2007). The PCRA 

### court's findings will not be 

### disturbed unless 

### there is no 

### support 

### for the findings in 

### the certified record. 

### Commonwealth v. 

### Carr, 768 A.2d 1164, 1166 (Pa. 

### Super. 

### 2001). In the case 

### sub 

### judice, we have 

### reviewed the 

### certified record, the briefs of the 

### parties, and 

### the applicable law. 

### Additionally, we 

### have 

### considered the 

### thorough opinion of the Honorable Daniel D. 

### McCaffery of 

### the Court of Common Pleas 

### of Philadelphia County. We 

### conclude 

### that Judge 

### McCaffery's well -reasoned opinion 

### accurately disposes of 

### the issues 

### presented by 

### Appellant. Accordingly, we 

### adopt his 

### opinion as 

### our own and 

### affirm the order dismissing 

### Appellant's PCRA 

### petition for the reasons set 

### forth therein. Order 

### affirmed. Judgment Entered.

J 

### seph D. 

### Seletyn, Prothonotary Date: 

### 8/7/19 

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### fo rth b e l o w , 

### i t i s s u g g e s t e d th at th e o r d e r b e a ffi rm e d . P R O C E D U RA L H I S T O R Y O n M ar c h 2 3 , 2 0 1 5 , fo ll o w i n g a w a i v e r tr i a l , Ap p e ll ant w a s fo un d g u il ty o f P atro ni z in g P ro s t i t ut e s , g ra d e d a s a m i s d e m e an o r o f th e th i r d d e gr e e , p ur s u an t t o 1 8 P a . C . S . § 5 9 0 2 ( e ) . 1 F o ll o w i n g t h e v e r d i c t Ap p e ll an t w a i v e d th e p r e p arat i o n o f p r e - s e nt e n c e r e p o rt s : 

### an d th i s C o u rt i mp o s e d a s e nt e n c e o f t i m e s e rv e d t o tw e l v e m o nth s ' i n c ar c e r at i o n . A ft e r th e i mp o s i t i o n o f s e nt e n c e , Ap p e l1 an t fil e d a m o t i o n fo r r e c o n s i d e rat i o n o f s e nt e n c e , wh i c h th i s C o urt d e ni e d o n 

### M ay 2 2 , 2 0 1 5 . Ap p e ll ant th e n fil e d a n o t i c e o f a p p e a l. O n N o v e mb e r 2 2 , 2 0 1 6 , th e S u p e r i o r C o urt a ffi rm e d th e j u d g m e nt o f s e nt e n c e . C o mm o nw e a l th v . P h am , 1 5 9 A. 3 d . 5 9 5 ( P a . S u p e r. 2 0 1 6 ) . A p e t i t i o n fo r a ll o w an c e o f a p p e a l fo ll o w e d an d o n S e p t e mb e r 8 , 2 0 1 7 , th e P e nn s y l v an i a I Ap p e ll ant w a s o r i g i n a ll y tr i e d b y a j ury i n Jun e o F 2 0 1 2 an d w a s c o nv i c t e d o F th e a b o v e o ff e n s e . O n Ap r i l 2 2 , 2 0 1 4 , th e S u

p e r i o r C o urt g rant e d h i m a n e w tr i a l. C o mm o nw e a lth v . P h am , 2 5 8 3 E D A 2 0 1 2 .

### S u

p r e m e C o urt d e n i e d th e p e t i t i o n . C o mm o nw e a lth v . P h am , 1 7 0 A .J d . l 0 3 3 ( P a . 2 0 1 6 ) . O n D e c e mb e r 7 , 2 0 1 7 , Ap p e ll ant fi le d a p ro s e P C RA p e t i t i o n . C o un s e l w a s a p p o i nt e d t o

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### r e p r e s e nt h i m an d o n M ay 1 7 , 2 0 1 8 , c o un s e l fil e d a n o - m e r i t l e tt e r p ur s u ant t o F i n l e y v . P e nn s y l v an i a , 4 8 1 U . S . 5 5 1 (1 9 8 7 ) , an d C o mm o nw e a l th v . T urn e r , 5 4 4 A. 2 d 9 2 7 ( P a . 1 9 8 8 ) , an d a M o t i o n t o W i th draw a s C o un s e l. A ft e r th i s C o urt c ar e fu ll y an d a s s i d u o u s l y r e v i e w e d th e e nt i r e r e c o r d , i t 

### s e nt Ap p e ll ant a P a . R. C r i m . P . 9 0 7 N o t i c e o f I nt e nt t o Di s m i s s o n 

### M ay 1 8 , 2 0 1 8 , u p o n fi n d i n g th at Ap p e ll ant c o u l d n o t o b t a i n P C R A r e li e f b e c au s e h e w a s n o l o n g e r s e rv i n g a s e nt e n c e . Ap p e ll ant r e s p o n d e d t o th e n o t i c e b y l e tt e r d at e d M ay 2 9 , 2 0 1 8 . I n h i s l e tt e r h e ra i s e d i s s u e s i nv o l v i n g th e s c h e d u li n g o f th e P C RA an d a s s e rt e d th at h e d i d n o t r e qu e s t th e a p p o i ntm e nt o f P C RA c o un s e l. O n Jun e 1 1 , 2 0 1 8 , h e fil e d an am e n d e d 

### p ro s e P C RA p e t i t i o n wh e r e i n h e ar g u e d th at h e s h o u l d b e e nt i t l e d t o e qu i t a b l e p o s t - c o nv i c t i o n c o ll at e ra l r e li e f b e c au s e n o o n e e xp l a i n e d t o h i m th at h e c o u l d n o t o b t a i n P C RA r e li e f i fh i s s e nt e n c e h a d e xp i r e d . O n Jun e 1 5 , 2 0 1 8 , a ft e r a g a i n r e v i e w i n g th e e nt i r e r e c o r d , th i s C o urt i s s u e d an o r d e r d i s m i s s i n g Ap p e ll ant ' s P C RA p e t i t i o n w i th o ut a h e ar i n g an d g rant i n g P C RA c o un s e l ' s m o t i o n t o w i th dr aw . O n Jun e l 0 , 2 0 1 8 , Ap p e ll ant fi l e d a 

### p ro s e n o t ic e o f a p p e a l fr o m th e Jun e 1 5 , 2 0 1 8 o r d e r . A l th o u g h o r d e r e d t o fil e a P a . R. A. P . 1 9 2 5 ( b ) S t at e m e nt o f M att e r s C o mp l a i n e d o f o n Ap p e a l , Ap p e ll ant fil e d tw o p r o s e am e n d e d P C RA p e t i t i o n s o n Au g u s t 2 7 , 2 0 1 8 , an d S e p t e mb e r 7 , 2 0 1 8 . A s 

### b e s t th at c an b e d i s c e rn e d , Ap p e ll ant a g a i n ar g u e d th at h e n e v e r r e qu e s t e d th e a p p o i ntm e nt o f P C RA c o un s e l an d th at h e n e v e r s i g n e d a c o ntra c t w i th a p p o i n t e d c o un s e l. H e a l s o c l a i m e d th at h e s h o u l d h av e b e e n g rant e d r e li e fb e c au s e h e i s a c t u a ll y i nn o c e nt , th e e v i d e n c e w a s i n s u f fi c i e nt t o s u s t a i n h i s c o nv i c t i o n , c o un s e l fo r c e d h i m t o w a i v e h i s r i g h t t o a j ur y tri a l , an d th e r e i s a r e s tra i nt o n h i s li b e rty d u e t o h i s i n ab i li ty t o s c ru b th e m e m o r

y o f h i s c o nv i c t i o n fr o m hi s m i n d . 2F A C T U A L H I S T O R Y O n D e c e mb e r 9 , 2 0 10 , at a b o ut 1 2 : 3 0 a . m . , P h i l a d e l p h i a P o l i c e O ffi c e r S t e p h an i e R o s e nb aum an d o th e r o ffi c e r s w e r e i n th e 1 8 0 0 b l o c k o f E a s t S e r g e ant S tr e e t i nv e s t i g at i n g a c t i v i ty r e l at e d t o p ro s t i t ut i o n b e c au s e o f a s tr i n g o f mur d e r s o f p ro s t i t ut e s i n th e ar e a . (N . T . 3 /2 3 / 1 5 , 1 2 - 1 3 ) . O ffi c e r R o s e nb aum ' s r o l e w a s t o a c t a s a d e c o y . (N . T . 3 /2 3 / 1 5 , 1 2 - 13 ) . Wh i l e d o i n g s o , a b r o w n N i s s an M ax i m a p u ll e d u p t o h e r an d th e dr i v e r , th e Ap p e ll ant h e r e i n , t o l d th e o ffi c e r th at h e w ant e d a " b l o w j o b . " (N . T . 3 /23 /1 5 , 1 3 ) . O ffi c e r R o s e nb aum a s k e d Ap p e ll ant h o w mu c h h e w a s w i ll i n g t o p a y an d h e s a i d , " $ 2 0 . 0 0 ,, I d . O ffi c e r R o s e nb aum c o nt a c t e d m e mb e r s o f h e r b a c k - u

p t e am wh o p l a c e d Ap p e ll ant un d e r arr e s t. Ap p e ll an t t e s t i fi e d i n h i s o wn d e fe n s e . 

### H e s t at e d th at o n th e n i g h t o f th e i n ci d e nt h e i nt e n d e d t o v i s i t a V i e tn am e s e h an dym an wh o h e w ant e d t o h i r e t o r e m o v e Ap p e ll an t' s p ro p e rty . A c c o r d i n g t o Ap p e ll an t , wh il e l o o k i n g fo r a p ark i n g s p o t , a w o m an a p p r o a c h e d an d a s k e d h i m wh at h e w ant e d an d i f h e h a d any m o n e y . (N . T . 3 /2 3 / 1 5 , 2 4 - 2 7 , 3 9 - 4 0 ) . H e a s k e d h e r wh at s h e w ant e d an d t o l d h e r t o l e av e . (N . T . 3 /2 3 / 1 5 , 1 2 - 1 3 ) . Ap p e ll ant d e n i e d th at h e w a s l o o k i n g fo r o ra l s e x th at 

### n i g ht o r th at 

### h e a s k e d th e o ffi c e r 

### fo r a b l o w j o b , (N . T . 

### 3 /2 3 /J 5 , 2 5 , 3 9 - 4 0 ) , a d d i n g th at h i s w i f

e w a s i n th e c ar wh e n th e o ffi c e r a p p ro a c h e d b ut h a d e x i t e d t o m e e t th e h an dym an b e fo r e h e w a s arr e s t e d . (N . T . 3 / 2 3 / 1 5 , 4 2 ) . Jan e H uynh , Ap p e ll an t' s w i f e , a l s o t e s t i fi e d i n h i s d e fe n s e . S h e i n d i c at e d th at o n th e n i g h t o f h e r hu s b an d ' s ar

r e s t , s h e dr o v e t o th e ar e a wh e r e th e i n c i d e nt o c c ur r e d t o m e e t h e r hu s b an d wh o w a s p l ann i n g t o m e e t w i th a h an dym an . (N . T . 3 /2 3 / 1 5 , 6 1 , 6 4 ) . Wh e n Ap p e ll ant arr i v e d , s h e e n t e r e d th e p a s s e n g e r s i d e b a c k s e at o f Ap p e ll ant ' s c ar , wh i c h h a d a l ar g e c o ff e e p o t an d t o o l s p art i a ll y o b s c ur i n g h e r . (N . T. 3 / 2 3 /1 5 , 6 1 - 6 2 ) . Wh i l e h e r hu s b an d w a s s e ar c h i n g fo r a p ark i n g s p o t , a w o m an a p p ro a c h e d th e c ar an d s a i d s o m e th i n g t o Ap p e l l ant. (N .T . 3 /2 3 / 1 5 , 6 3 -

36 4 ) . M s . H uynh t o l d h e r hu s b an d th at s h e d i d n o t w an t t o b e i nv o l v e d i n w h at w a s o c c urr i n g an d

t o l d h i m t o dr i v e aw ay . (N . T . 3 / 2 3 / 1 5 , 6 4 ) . D I S C U S S I O N I n s t an t l y , Ap p e ll an t fa il e d t o c o mp l y w i th th i s C o urt ' s o r d e r d i r e c t i n g h i m t o fil e a 1 9 2 5 ( b ) S t at e m e nt o f M att e r s . C o n s e qu e ntl y , h e w a i v e d a p p e ll at e r e v i e w o f any cl a im h e ra i s e s o n a p p e a l. P r e c e d e n t i n th i s C o mm o nw e a l th 

### fi rm l y e s t ab li s h e s th at w h e n an a p p e ll ant i s o r d e r e d t o fi l e a R

u l e 1 9 2 5 ( b ) s t at e m e nt , h e o r s h e mu s t c o mp l y w i th R u l e 1 9 2 5 ( b ) ' s r e qu i r e m e n t i n o r d e r t o p r e s e rv e i s s u e s fo r a p p e a l , an d th at any a

p p e ll at e i s s u e s n o t ra i s e d in a c o mp li an t R u l e l 9 2 5 ( b ) s t at e m e n t w ill b e d e e m e d w a i v e d . S e e , 

### e . g . , C o mm o nw e a l th v . L o r d , 7 1 9 A. 2 d 3 0 6 , 3 0 9 ( P a . 1 9 9 8 ) . It i s n o t e d th at th e S u p e ri o r C o urt h a s h e l d th at th i s p r i n c i p l e a p p li e s i n P C RA p ro c e e d in g s . S e e C o mm o nw e a l th v . B utl e r , 8 1 2 A. 2 d 6 3 l , 6 3 3 ( P a . 2 0 0 2 ) . I n a c r i m i n a l c a s e , h o w e v e r , R u l e 1 9 2 5 c o nt e mp l at e s th at n o t fi l i n g a t i m e l y R u l e l 9 2 5 ( b ) S t at e m e nt m ay b e d e e m e d t o b e " p e r s e i n e ff

e c ti v e . " P a . R. A. P . 1 9 2 5 (b ) ( J ) . N e v e rth el e s s , b e c au s e Ap p e ll an t r e p r e s e n t s h i m s e l f o n a p p e a l th at e x c e p t i o n d o e s n o t e x c u s e Ap p e ll an t' s fa il ur e t o c o mp l y w i th th i s C o urt ' s o r d e r . T h e P e nn s y l v an i a S u p r e m e C o urt h a s h e l d th at w h e r e an i n d i v i d

u a l i n s i s t s o n r e p r e s e nt i n g h im s e l f at any s t a g e o f c r i m i n a l p ro c e e d i n g s a g a i n s t h i m , th at i n d i v i d

u a l c ann o t l at e r a s s e rt h i s o wn i n e ff e c t i v e n e s s o n a

p p e a l. S e e C o mm o nw e a lth v . G r i ffi n , 6 4 4 A . 2 d 1 1 6 7 , 1 1 7 1 (P a . 1 9 9 4 ) ( a d o p t i n g th e S u p e ri o r C o urt ' s s t an d ar d w i th r e g ar d t o p ro s e c r i m i n a l d e fe n d an t s w h o r e p r e s e n t th e m s e l v e s ) . A c c o r d i n g l y , 

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p p e a l e d fr o m b e a ffi rm e d b e c au s e Ap p e ll ant w a i v e d a p p e ll at e r e v i e w b y n o t fi li n g th e o r d e r e d l 9 2 5 ( b ) s t at e m e nt. T o th e e x t e n t th at Ap p e ll ant m i g h t b e c l a i m i n g th at th e i s s u e s s e t fo rth i n th e tw o P C RA p e t i t io n s Ap p e ll an t fi l e d a f t e r th i s C o urt i s s u e d th e 1 92 5 ( b ) o r d e r p r e s e rv e d th e i s s u e s c o nt a i n e d

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### th e r e i n fo r a p p e ll at e r e v i e w , h e s t i ll w o u l d n o t b e e nt it l e d t o r e v i e w . T h e l aw i s cl e ar th at a d e f e n d ant m ay n o t fi l e a s ub s e qu e n t P C RA p e t i t i o n wh il e a P C RA a p p e a l i s p e n d i n g . C o mm o nw e a lth v . L ark , 7 4 6 A. 2 d 5 8 5 (P a . 2 0 0 0 ) . T h e r e fo r e , th e i s s u e s ra i s e d th e r e i n ar e a nu lli ty . F i n a ll y , an d m o s t i mp o rt ant l y , th i s C o urt ' s o r d e r s h o u l d b e a ffi rm e d b e c au s e , at th e t i m e Ap p e ll ant fil e d h i s 

### p ro s e P C R A p e t i t i o n , h e n o l o n g e r w a s s e rv i n g a s e nt e n c e . T h e P e nn s y l v an i a S u p r e m e C o urt h a s c l e arl y an d un e qu i v o c a ll y h e l d th at a d e fe n d ant c ann o t o b t a i n P C RA r e li e f o n c e h i s o r h e r s e nt e n c e h a s e xp ir e d . C o mm o nw e a l th v . A h l b o rn , 6 9 9 A . 2 d 7 1 8 ( P a . 1 9 9 7 ) . T h at ru l e a

p p li e s e v e n i n s o - c a ll e d " s h o rt s e nt e n c e " c a s e s . In 

### C o mm o nw e a l th v . T urn e r , 8 0 A. 3 d 7 5 4 ( P a . 2 0 1 3 ) , th e P e nn s y l v an i a S u p r e m e C o urt e xp l a i n e d th at " d u e p ro c e s s d o e s n o t r e qu i r e th e l e g i s l at ur e t o c o nt i nu e t o p r o v i d e c o ll at e ra l r e v i e w wh e n th e o ff e n d e r i s n o l o n g e r s e rv i n g a s e nt e n c e . " I d . at 7 6 5 . T h e C o urt e xp l a i n e d i t s rat i o n a l e a s fo ll o w s :

B e c au s e i n d i v i d

u a l s wh o ar e n o t s e rv i n g a s t at e s e nt e n c e h av e n o l i b e rty i nt e r e s t i n an d th e r e fo r e n o d u e p r o c e s s r i g h t t o c o ll at e ra l r e v i e w o f th at s e nt e n c e , th e s t atut o ry l i m i t at i o n o f c o ll at e ra l r e v i e w t o i n d i v i d u a l s s e rv i n g a s e nt e n c e o f i mp r i s o nm e nt , p r o b at i o n , o r p aro l e i s c o n s i s t e nt w i th th e d u e p r o c e s s p r e r e qu i s i t e o f a p ro t e c t e d l i b e rty i nt e r e s t. O f c o ur s e , th e l e g i s l at

ur e w a s fr e e t o e x t e n d a s t atut o r y ri g h t o f c o ll at e ra l r e v i e w t o i n d i v i d

u a l s li k e P e t i t i o n e r wh o h a d c o mp l e t e d th e i r s e nt e n c e an d , h a d th e y d o n e s o , th e y w o u l d b e c o n s t i t ut i o n a ll y o b l i g at e d t o e n s ur e th at th o s e r i g h t s w e r e i mp a c t e d o n l y i n a c c o r d w i th d u e p r o c e s s . H o w e v e r , th e l e g i s l at ur e d i d n o t d o s o . R ath e r , th e G e n e ra l A s s e mb l y , thro u g h th e P C RA , e x c l u d e d fr o m c o 11 at e ra l r e v i e w th o s e i n d i v i d u a l s wh o w e r e n o l o n g e r s ub j e c t t o a s t at e s e nt e n c e , th e r e b y li m i t i n g th e s t at ut o r y r i g h t o f c o ll at e ra l r e v i e w t o th o s e wh o s e l i b e rty w a s c o n s tr a i n e d . T h e l e g i s l at

ur e w a s aw ar e th at th e r e s u lt o f th e c u s t o dy o r c o ntro l r e qu i r e m e nt o f S e c t i o n 9 5 4 3 ( a ) (l ) ( i ) w o u l d b e th at d e f e n d ant s w i th s h o rt s e nt e n c e s w o u l d n o t b e e li g i b l e fo r c o ll at e ra l r e li e f

. I n d e e d , th at w a s th e a p p ar e nt i nt e nt: t o r e s tri c t c o ll at e ra l r e v i e w t o th o s e wh o s e e k r e l i e f fr o m a s t at e 

### 5s e nt e n c e . T h e l e g i s l at ur e ' s e x cl u s i o n fr o m c o ll at e ra l r e li e f o f i n d i v i d u a l s wh o s e l i b e rty i s n o l o n g e r r e s tra i n e d i s c o n s i s t e nt w i th th e e l i g i b i l i ty r e qu i r e m e nt s o f h ab e a s c o rp u s r e v i e w un d e r th e g e n e ra l s t at e h a b e a s c o rp u s s t at

ut e [ . ) T h e P C RA p ro v i d e s e l i g i b i li ty fo r r e l i e f fo r c o g n i zab l e c l a i m s , i n c l u d i n g cl a i m s o f i n e ff

e c t i v e a s s i s t an c e o f tr i a l c o un s e l , an d i s th e s o l e m e an s o f o b t a i n i n g c o ll at e r a l r e li e f i n P e nn s y l v an i a . P e t i t i o n e r s ar e r e qu i r e d t o s at i s fy , i nt e r a l i a , th e c r i t e r i a fo r e l i g i b ili ty fo r r e li e f

, an d th e t i m e li n e s s r e s tr i c t i o n s . B y furth e r li m i t i n g th e e li g i b i l i ty fo r r e l i e fun d e r th e P C RA t o p e t i t i o n e r s s e rv i n g s e nt e n c e s , o ur l e g i s l atur e c h o s e n o t t o c r e at e any s t at ut o ry e nt i t l e m e nt t o c o ll at e ra l r e v i e w fo r d e fe n d ant s wh o h av e c o mp l e t e d th e i r s e nt e n c e s . T urn e r , 8 0 A . 3 d at 7 6 6 - 6 7 ( c i t at i o n s o m i tt e d ) . U n d e r th e a

b o v e auth o ri t i e s , it i s s u g g e s t e d th at Ap p e ll an t b e d e n i e d a p p e ll at e r e li e f an d th e o r d e r i s s u e d 

### b y th i s b e a ffi rm e d . 2 

### C O N C L U S I O N B a s e d o n th e fo r e g o i n g , i t i s r e s p e c t fu ll y s u g g e s t e d th at th e O r d e r o fth i s C o urt d e ny i n g Ap p e ll ant P C RA r e l i e fb e a ffi rm e d . 

### B Y T H E C O U R T , D at e : N o v e mb e r 2 1 , 2 0 1 8

2 I t i s n o t e d th at Ap p e l l an t d i d n o t ra i s e a s an i s s u e a c l a i m th at h e n e v e r c o mp l a i n e d ab o ut n e v e r h av i n g r e qu e s t e d th at P C RA c o un s e l b e a

p p o i nt e d t o r e p r e s e nt h i m unt i l a ft e r th i s C o urt s e nt h i m th e 9 0 7 n o t i c e . H e a l s o n e v e r d i r e c t l y r e qu e s t e d p e r

m i s s i o n t o r e p r e s e nt h i m s e l f. A l s o , i t i s n o t e d th at th e r e i s n o e qu i t a b l e o r " s ymp ath e t i c " e x c e p t i o n t o th e r e qu i r e m e nt th at a d e f e n d ant mu s t b e s e rv i n g a s e nt e n c e t o o b t a i n P C RA r e l i e f . F i n a ll y , th e a p p o i n tm e n t o f c o un s e l h a s n o e ff e c t o n th e fi n d i n g th at Ap p e ll ant c o u l d n o t o b t a i n P C RA r e l i e f b e c au s e h e w a s n o l o n g e r s e rv i n g a s e nt e n c e . 6C E R T I F I C A T I O N O F S E R V I C E I , Jam e s M o l i n ari , E s qu i r e , L aw c l e rk t o th e H o n o rab l e D an i el D . M c c a ff e r y h e r e b y c e rt i fi e s th at o n th e 2 1 s t d ay o f N o v e mb e r , 2 0 1 8 , b y fi r s t cl a s s m a il , p o s t a g e p r e p a i d , a tru e an d c o r r e c t c o p y o f th e att a c h e d o p i n i o n w a s s e rv e d u p o n th e fo ll o w i n g : C u o n g P h am , P r o S e 3 2 1 8 N .4 5 th S tr e e t P e nn s auk e n , N .J . 0 8 1 0 9 L awr e n c e J. G o o d e , E s qu i r e C h i e f - Ap p e a l s U n i t O ffi c e o f th e P h i l a d e l p h i a Di s tr ic t A tt o rn e y T hr e e S o uth P e nn S qu ar e P h il a d e l p h i a , P A 1 9 1 0 7

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