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588 Pa. 309

904 A.2d 856

Commonwealth v. Whitehead

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided July 6, 2006

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · decided 2006-07-06

Relies on Commonwealth v. Murray

Decided 2006-07-06

¶1ORDER

PER CURIAM.

¶2AND NOW, this 6th day of July, 2006, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The Order of the Superior Court is vacated, and the matter is remanded to that court for a determination of the issue of timeliness of the PCRA petition. See Commonwealth v. Murray, 562 Pa. 1, 753 A.2d 201 (2000) (the time limitations of the PCRA are jurisdictional and no court may disregard or alter those *857requirements in order to reach the merits of claims raised in an untimely filed petition). Jurisdiction is relinquished.

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