Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent, v. John Edward HILL, Petitioner
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1999-12-15
Citations: 741 A.2d 198
Docket Number: 
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent, v. John Edward HILL, Petitioner.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 741
Pages: 198–198

Head Matter:
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent, v. John Edward HILL, Petitioner.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Dec. 15, 1999.
James J. Karl, Chief Public Defender, for petitioner.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM:
AND NOW, this 15th day of December, 1999, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is hereby GRANTED, limited to the following issue:
Whether an indigent defendant adjudicated as a "high-risk dangerous offender" pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S. § 9714 possesses a constitutional right to state-funded psychiatric assistance in presenting a defense against statutory enhanced mandatory punishments?