Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent, v. Eric L. BLEVINS, Petitioner
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2002-01-31
Citations: 567 Pa. 669
Docket Number: No. 692 MAL 2001
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent, v. Eric L. BLEVINS, Petitioner.
Judges: 
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 567
Pages: 669–669

Head Matter:
790 A.2d 988
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent, v. Eric L. BLEVINS, Petitioner.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Jan. 31, 2002.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
AND NOW, this 31st day of January 2002, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED and the order of the Superior Court vacating order of the Coui-t of Common Pleas of Chester County is REVERSED. The order entered by the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County on July 26, 2000 is hereby reinstated. The Amended Petition for Post-Conviction Collateral Relief was timely filed to the extent that: 1) it raised a challenge related to the judgment of sentence entered July 29,1999, 42 Pa.C.S. § 9545; 2) it raised a challenge to the legality of sentence, 42 Pa.C.S. § 9543(2)(vii); and 3) it was appellant's first opportunity to raise such a challenge, 42 Fa.C.S. § 9544.