Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent v. Darnell BROWN, Petitioner
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2016-12-14
Citations: 164 A.3d 461
Docket Number: No. 357 EAL 2016
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent v. Darnell BROWN, Petitioner
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 164
Pages: 461–461

Head Matter:
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent v. Darnell BROWN, Petitioner
No. 357 EAL 2016
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
December 14, 2016

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM
AND NOW, this 14th day of December, 2016, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issues, as stated by petitioner, are:
(1) Because an autopsy report constitutes testimonial hearsay, does not use of that report by another expert as the basis of his own opinion violate the Sixth Amendment guarantee of the right of Confrontation?
(2) Because Rule 703 allows an expert to use inadmissible evidence to form an opinion but does not allow that inadmissible evidence to be used for its truth, did not the Superior Court err in concluding that Rule 703 permitted the testimony in this case where the testifying expert's opinion has
relevance and probative value only if the report he relied on is true?