Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent, v. Daniel Paul CHRISTMAN, Petitioner
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1999-12-13
Citations: 741 A.2d 197
Docket Number: 
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent, v. Daniel Paul CHRISTMAN, Petitioner.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 741
Pages: 197–198

Head Matter:
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent, v. Daniel Paul CHRISTMAN, Petitioner.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Dec. 13, 1999.
'Edward F. Browne, Jr., Lancaster, for petitioner.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM:
AND NOW, this 13th day of December, 1999, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED and the order of the Superior Court is REVERSED. Commonwealth v. Lantzy, 558 Pa. 214, 736 A.2d 564 (1999).
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this matter be remanded to the PCRA court for an evidentiary hearing on the reasons for counsel's failure to file a timely brief on Petitioner's direct appeal to the Superior Court.