Court Opinion

ID: 9541202
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 16:23:30.901069+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:00:40.419321
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*638FLAHERTY, Justice,
concurring.
I concur with the result reached by the majority. As is expressed in my dissenting opinion in Commonwealth v. Watlington, 491 Pa. 241, 252, 420 A.2d 431, 437 (1980), a person convicted of a crime should not be permitted to file more than one PCHA petition unless he makes “a colorable due process claim significantly implicating the truth determining process, which, were it unaddressed by the Court, could have the effect of imprisoning an innocent person.” This is appellant’s second PCHA petition, and none of his claims meet these criteria. I would, therefore, deny the petition for this reason.
KAUFFMAN, J., joins this concurring opinion.