And the District Attorney's Office vigorously defends its checkered concession program as a necessary corrective to pass misdeeds by prior administrations. The District Attorney's Office active, ongoing and problematic concessions program requires broader remedial action to promote just outcomes. Accordingly, in addition to reversing the PCRA court's grant of a new trial here, we also hold that in any PCR case in which the District Attorney's office concedes relief, the PCRA court shall grant the Office of the Attorney General notice and the right to intervene in the case before ruling on the concession. Regardless of the Attorney General's position on the concession, if it chooses to intervene, it may well agree relief is warranted. (09:04–09:28)
CLAIM
Asserts that the PCRA court must notify the Attorney General and allow intervention in cases where the District Attorney's office concedes relief.
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