Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Petitioner, v. Joseph RICO, Respondent
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1996-03-18
Citations: 543 Pa. 481
Docket Number: Petition No. 791 Eastern District Allocation Docket 1995
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Petitioner, v. Joseph RICO, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 543
Pages: 481–481

Head Matter:
672 A.2d 785
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Petitioner, v. Joseph RICO, Respondent.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
March 18, 1996.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM:
AND NOW, this 18th day of March, 1996, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is hereby GRANTED, and oral argument is limited to the issue of whether Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986), applies where the prosecutor in a case allegedly involving organized crime has exercised peremptory challenges to disqualify prospective jurors of Italian descent.