Jurisdiction and proceedings . Peterkin, therefore, has filed his PCRA petition beyond the one-year period allowed in 42 Pa. 95 Subchapter B if the appellant's first petition is filed within one year of the effective date of the act. The final issue in the case, therefore, is whether these limitations upon Peterkin's access to the PCRA are invalid because they are unconstitutional. It is axiomatic that no constitutional rights are absolute.
All rights are subject to reasonable restrictions.
The relevant statute provided that such a writ must be applied for within twenty days. It is conceded that the right may not be denied, nor may its exercise be unreasonably obstructed or interfered with. This court has already done so, by virtue of its inherent power to control its business, and we have no doubt our action was in entire harmony with the Constitution. If the legislature may fix no limitation whatever upon the issuing of such writs, it is not too much to say that capital punishment cannot be hereafter enforced in Pennsylvania. Sayres holds, therefore, that while there may be legislative limitations or judicial limitations on constitutional rights, such limitations must be reasonable.