Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2020-10-15 21:14:52.843169+00
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[J-16-2019]
                    IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA
                               EASTERN DISTRICT

 COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA,                   :   No. 748 CAP
                                                 :
                      Appellee                   :   Appeal from the Order entered on
                                                 :   November 16, 2007 in the Court of
                                                 :   Common Pleas, Philadelphia
               v.                                :   County, Criminal Division, denying
                                                 :   PCRA relief at No. CP-51-CR-
                                                 :   0602521-1989. (Nunc Pro Tunc
 ANTHONY REID,                                   :   appeal rights reinstated on June 22,
                                                 :   2017.)
                      Appellant                  :
                                                 :   SUBMITTED: February 4, 2019

                              CONCURRING STATEMENT

JUSTICE WECHT                                           DECIDED: October 15, 2020

       In Commonwealth v. Reid, 235 A.3d 1124 (Pa. 2020), a majority of a special panel

of this Court determined that the Supreme Court of the United States’ decision in Williams

v. Pennsylvania, ___ U.S. ___, 136 S.Ct. 1899 (2016), could not serve as a basis to

establish timeliness for purposes of the Post Conviction Relief Act. I joined the dissent in

Reid, and I continue to believe that it correctly explained why Reid had properly

established jurisdiction in the PCRA court. This disagreement notwithstanding, Reid is

now on the books. Accordingly, I am constrained to join the Court’s order to quash the

instant appeal.