relief the PCRA court provided: an evidentiary hearing and final decision on the merits of her claim. The Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution entitle a defendant to the effective assistance of counsel, see Strickland, 466 U.S. at 685, 104 S.Ct. 2052, as does Article I, Section 9 of the Pennsylvania Constitution. See Halley, 870 A.2d 795. In Grant, we declared a general rule deferring ineffective assistance of counsel claims to PCRA review, recognizing that time is necessary for ineffectiveness claims to be discovered and developed. 813 A.2d at 737-38. Eligibility for relief under the PCRA is dependent upon the petitioner currently serving a sentence of imprisonment, probation, or parole for the crime. 42 Pa.C.S. § 9543(a)(1)(i); Ahlborn, 699 A.2d at 720 (<HOLDING>). We created a narrow exception to Grant in
holding that under section 9543a1 a pcra petitioner is not eligible for relief where the petitioner has completed serving the sentence before final adjudication on the petition holding that the denial of pcra relief cannot stand unless the petitioner was afforded the assistance of counsel holding that section 925c authorizes judicial review of only the denial of an application for relief holding that the plain language of this section requires the denial of relief for a petitioner who has finished serving his sentence holding that the plain language of the regulations requires a claimant to have an intent to file a claim for va benefits