Title: Commonwealth v. Hickman (Summary Disposition)

State: pennsylvania

Issuer: Pennsylvania Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA MIDDLE DISTRICT COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Respondent, v. DEWHIGHT A. HICKMAN, Petitioner. : : : : : : : : : : No. 311 MAL 2001 Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the Memorandum Opinion and Order of the Superior Court ORDER PER CURIAM: DECIDED: September 11, 2001 AND NOW, this 11th day of September, 2001, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED, and the matter is VACATED and REMANDED to the Superior Court for consideration of the merits of petitioner’s claim that plea counsel rendered ineffective assistance when he advised petitioner that he would be eligible to participate in the motivational boot camp program after serving two years of his four year minimum sentence. See Commonwealth ex. rel. Dadario v. Goldberg, 2001 WL 685914 at *4 (Pa. 2001) (ineffective assistance of counsel claims that arise from plea bargaining process are eligible for review under § 9543(a)(2)(ii) of Post Conviction Relief Act).