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NON-PRECEDENTIAL DECISION - SEE SUPERIOR COURT I.O.P. 65.37
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
PENNSYLVANIA
Appellee
v.
ANDRE WILLIAMS
Appellant No. 1149 EDA 2014
Appeal from the PCRA Order March 17, 2014
In the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County
Criminal Division at No(s): CP-51-CR-1021371-1984
BEFORE: LAZARUS, J., MUNDY, J., and STRASSBURGER, J.*
MEMORANDUM BY MUNDY, J.: FILED DECEMBER 05, 2014
Appellant, Andre Williams, appeals from the March 17, 2014 order,
dismissing as untimely his petition for relief filed pursuant to the Post
Conviction Relief Act (PCRA), 42 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 9541-9546. After careful
review, we affirm.
On February 6, 1985, Appellant entered an open guilty plea to one
count each of murder and possession of an instrument of a crime (PIC).1
The trial court conducted a degree-of-guilt hearing, at the conclusion of
which the trial court found Appellant guilty of third-degree murder. On June
19, 1985, the trial court imposed an aggregate sentence of life
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Retired Senior Judge assigned to the Superior Court.
1
18 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 2501 and 907, respectively.
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imprisonment. On April 17, 1986, this Court affirmed Appellant’s judgment
of sentence. Commonwealth v. Williams, 512 A.2d 728 (Pa. Super.
1986) (unpublished memorandum). Appellant did not file a petition for
allowance of appeal with our Supreme Court. As a result, his judgment of
sentence became final on May 19, 1986, when the filing period for such a
petition expired.2 See generally 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 9545(b)(3); Pa.R.A.P.
1113(a). Thereafter, Appellant filed unsuccessful post-conviction petitions in
1986, 1991, 1992, 1998, and 2004. Appellant filed the instant petition on
May 18, 2012. On March 17, 2014, the PCRA court dismissed Appellant’s
PCRA petition. On April 11, 2014, Appellant filed a timely notice of appeal.
As noted above, Appellant filed the instant PCRA petition on May 18,
2012. Therefore, it was patently untimely because it was not filed within
one year of his judgment of sentence becoming final. See 42 Pa.C.S.A.
§ 9545(b)(1). However, Appellant argues that the United States Supreme
Court’s decisions in Alleyne v. United States, 133 S. Ct. 2151 (2013),
Missouri v. Frye, 132 S. Ct. 1399 (2012), and Lafler v. Cooper, 132 S.
Ct. 1376 (2012) each satisfy the new constitutional right exception to the
PCRA time-bar. Appellant’s Brief at 15; see also generally 42 Pa.C.S.A.
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2
We observe that the 30th day fell on Saturday, May 17, 1986. When
computing the 30-day filing period “[if] the last day of any such period shall
fall on Saturday or Sunday … such day shall be omitted from the
computation.” 1 Pa.C.S.A. § 1908. Therefore, the 30th day for Appellant to
file a timely allocatur petition was Monday, May 19, 1986.
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§ 9545(b)(1)(iii). This Court has recently rejected the argument that
Alleyne satisfies Section 9545(b)(1)(iii). Commonwealth v. Miller, ---
A.3d ---, 2014 WL 4783558, *5 (Pa. Super. 2014). This Court also recently
concluded that Frye and Lafler do not satisfy the time-bar exception.
Commonwealth v. Feliciano, 69 A.3d 1270, 1277 (Pa. Super. 2013).
Based on the foregoing, we conclude the PCRA court properly
dismissed Appellant’s petition as untimely. Accordingly, the PCRA court’s
March 17, 2014 order is affirmed.
Order affirmed.
Judge Lazarus joins the memorandum.
Judge Strassburger files a concurring statement.
Judgment Entered.
Joseph D. Seletyn, Esq.
Prothonotary
Date: 12/5/2014
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