Yeager, D., Pet v. Beaver County CCP

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA
WESTERN DISTRICT
DONALD M YEAGER, : No. 92 WM 2020
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Petitioner :
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v. :
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BEAVER COUNTY COURT OF COMMON :
PLEAS, :
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Respondent :
ORDER
PER CURIAM
AND NOW, this 3rd day of December, 2020, the Application for Leave to File
Original Process is GRANTED, and the Petition for Writ of Mandamus is DENIED,
WITHOUT PREJUDICE to Petitioner to file a subsequent motion for credit for time served
in the Court of Common Pleas of Beaver County. It is further noted that the representation
provided by Attorney Edward A. Knafelc, Petitioner’s guilty plea counsel, may have
ceased as of May 2018. See Pa.R.Crim.P. 120(a)(4) (in defining the duration of an
attorney’s representation of a criminal defendant, indicating that the attorney’s
appointment continues through direct appeal); Commonwealth v. Olson, 218 A.3d 863(Pa. 2019) (stating that, when a criminal defendant does not pursue an appeal from his
or her judgment of sentence, that judgment becomes final 30 days following its entry).
The Prothonotary is DIRECTED to serve this order on the President Judge of the
Court of Common Pleas of Beaver County.