
    COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent v. James R. CRUZ, Jr., Petitioner
    No. 734 MAL 2017
    Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
    March 28, 2018
    ORDER
   PER CURIAM

AND NOW, this 28th day of March, 2018, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The judgment of the Superior Court is VACATED, as is the January 5, 2017 order of the Centre County Court of Common Pleas dismissing the untimely Petitioner's petition filed pursuant to the Post Conviction Relief Act, 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 9541-46. The case is REMANDED to the PCRA Centre County Court of Common Pleas for reconsideration in light of this Court's recent decision in Commonwealth v. Chmiel, ___ Pa. ___, 173 A.3d 617 (2017).  