Title: Commonwealth v. Smith, V. - No. (Granted) (petitions for allowance of appeal)

State: pennsylvania

Issuer: Pennsylvania Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA WESTERN DISTRICT COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Respondent v. VINCENT SMITH, Petitioner : : : : : : : : : : : No. 197 WAL 2023 Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the Order of the Superior Court ORDER AND NOW, this 5th day of June, 2024, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue, as stated by petitioner, is: Did the en banc panel erroneously hold that the unit of prosecution for the offense of arson endangering persons, 18 Pa. C.S. § 3301(a)(1)(i), is not each arson, but, rather, each endangered person, a question of first impression and substantial public importance that will impact myriad arson prosecutions throughout the Commonwealth going forward? Justice McCaffery did not participate in the consideration or decision of this matter.