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Joseph D. Reaves v. Pennsylvania
IFP petition · Superior Court of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Office, No. 2455 EDA 2023 · judgment October 17, 2024
Questions presented
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Does the Due Process Clause of the Constitution’s Fourteenth Amendment entitle an Petitioner in a PCRA Petition, Notice of Appeal and Allowance of Appeal where the state court’s failed to address and correct improper denial of a claims for an evidentiary hearing, withdrawal guilty plea, new trial, invoke insanity defense, competency hearing and sanity commission, and subsequent resentencing based on Defendant true military psychiatric medical history based on newly discovered evidence of clear and convincing evidence in the nature of military law mandates and defendant psychiatric diagnosis of Military PTSD and Schizophrenia. The clear materiality of the newly discovered evidence goes to the : (1) Trial or verdict; (2) Withdrawal of Guilty Plea; (3)
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Whether the State Government erred in fact or law deny PCRA petition due to 1988 diagnosis was available?
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Whether Petitioner raised incompetency for the first time in 2023 before the PCRA Court ?
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Whether the State Court are benefiting from Federal concealment, error, crimes and evidence deprivation?
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Whether the State Court refual to review Petitioner Petitions liberally as a Pro se litigant.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Joseph D. Reaves
For respondent
Katherine Elizabeth Ernst
Philadelphia District Attorney's Office
Proceedings
- Apr 27 2026Petition DENIED.
- Apr 09 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/24/2026.
- Apr 04 2026Petitioner complied with order of February 23, 2026.
- Mar 09 2026Application (25A979) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until April 15, 2026.
- Feb 28 2026Application (25A979) for an extension of time within which to comply with the order of February 23, 2026, submitted to Justice Alito.
- Feb 23 2026The motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is denied. Petitioner is allowed until March 16, 2026, within which to pay the docketing fee required by Rule 38(a) and to submit a petition in compliance with Rule 33.1 of the Rules of this Court.
- Feb 05 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/20/2026.
- Feb 04 2026Waiver of right of respondent Pennsylvania to respond filed.
- Aug 26 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 20, 2026)