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

State: pennsylvania

Issuer: Pennsylvania Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA MIDDLE DISTRICT COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Respondent v. BENJAMIN JORDAN JENKINS, Petitioner : : : : : : : : : : : No. 598 MAL 2023 Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the Order of the Superior Court ORDER PER CURIAM AND NOW, this 21st day of May, 2024, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issues, rephrased for clarity, are: (1) Whether it is permissible to revoke ARD in order to promote the spirit of the program when a defendant truthfully responds to application questions? (2) Whether a defendant’s participation in ARD can be revoked when the defendant did not violate a condition of ARD, or applicable condition of probation, while participating in the program?