Commonwealth v. Murphy, C., Aplt. ( 2020 )

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA
EASTERN DISTRICT
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, : No. 741 CAP
:
Appellee : Appeal from the Judgment of
: Sentence imposed November 1,
: 1990 and re-imposed February 24,
v. : 1993, in the Court of Common
: Pleas, Philadelphia County, Criminal
: Division at No. CP-51-CR-0126101-
CRAIG MURPHY, : 1984. (Nunc Pro Tunc rights
: reinstated on May 3, 2017.)
Appellant :
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.