# Commonwealth v. Brown, A.

> Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · November 3, 2020

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/4583334

## Case

- **Court:** Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- **Decided:** November 3, 2020
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion
- **Cited by:** 0 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA
WESTERN DISTRICT

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, : No. 101 WAL 2020
:
Respondent :
: Petition for Allowance of Appeal
: from the Order of the Superior Court
v. :
:
:
ALLEN BROWN, :
:
Petitioner :

ORDER

PER CURIAM

AND NOW, this 3rd day of November, 2020, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal

is GRANTED. The issue, as stated by Petitioner, is:

Does a PCRA court’s inherent authority to correct obvious and
patent mistakes in its records and orders extend beyond the
correction of mistakes in its orders and provide it perpetual
authority to reconsider and countermand an order granting
PCRA relief on the ground that it now finds the precipitating
PCRA petition was untimely?

Moreover, the parties are directed to address in their briefs what, if any, effect our decision

in Commonwealth v. Lacombe, 234 A.3d 602 (Pa. 2020), has on our resolution of this

question.

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