Case ID: pa_545/html/0068-01.html
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

679 A.2d 1265
    COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent, v. Stephen S. SKIBICKI, Petitioner.
    Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
    Aug. 21, 1996.
   ORDER

PER CURIAM.

AND NOW, this 21st day of August, 1996, the order of the Superior Court is REVERSED and the matter is REMANDED for a new trial. See Commonwealth v. Oleynik, 524 Pa. 41, 568 A.2d 1238 (1990)(possible prejudice to a defendant from giving written instructions to a jury outweighs any benefit that such instructions might provide); Commonwealth v. Baker, 466 Pa. 382, 353 A.2d 406 (1976)(same).

It is further ordered that the Application to proceed In Forma Pauperis is GRANTED.