Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Petitioner v. Nelson ALVARADO-LENHART, Respondent
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2014-08-19
Citations: 97 A.3d 1202
Docket Number: 
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Petitioner v. Nelson ALVARADO-LENHART, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 97
Pages: 1202–1203

Head Matter:
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Petitioner v. Nelson ALVARADO-LENHART, Respondent.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Aug. 19, 2014.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
AND NOW, this 19th day of August, 2014, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED, the decision of the Superior Court is VACATED, and the matter is REMANDED to the Superior Court for reconsideration under Commonwealth v. Lucarelli, 601 Pa. 185, 971 A.2d 1173 (2009) (waiver of right to counsel is intentional and voluntary relinquishment of known right; forfeiture of right to counsel, by contrast, does not require that defendant intend to relinquish right but may result from defendant's extremely serious or dilatory conduct). The remand is not to be construed as an expression of view on whether, in fact, respondent forfeited the right to counsel.