Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent v. James R. CRUZ, Jr., Petitioner
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2018-03-28
Citations: 183 A.3d 348
Docket Number: No. 734 MAL 2017
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent
v.
James R. CRUZ, Jr., Petitioner
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 183
Pages: 348–348

Head Matter:
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent
v.
James R. CRUZ, Jr., Petitioner
No. 734 MAL 2017
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
March 28, 2018
ORDER

Opinion:
PER CURIAM
AND NOW, this 28th day of March, 2018, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The judgment of the Superior Court is VACATED, as is the January 5, 2017 order of the Centre County Court of Common Pleas dismissing the untimely Petitioner's petition filed pursuant to the Post Conviction Relief Act, 42 Pa.C.S. § 9541-46. The case is REMANDED to the PCRA Centre County Court of Common Pleas for reconsideration in light of this Court's recent decision in Commonwealth v. Chmiel, _ Pa. _, 173 A.3d 617 (2017).