Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent v. Eric DOWLING, Petitioner
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2007-10-18
Citations: 594 Pa. 9
Docket Number: No. 310 MAL 2007
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent v. Eric DOWLING, Petitioner.
Judges: 
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 594
Pages: 9–10

Head Matter:
934 A.2d 690
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent v. Eric DOWLING, Petitioner.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Oct. 18, 2007.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
AND NOW, this 18th day of October, 2007, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issues, rephrased for clarity, are:
(1) Whether the Superior Court erred in its determination that trial had commenced for the purpose of denying Petitioner's request to withdraw his waiver of trial by jury?
(2) Whether the Superior Court erred in applying an abuse of discretion standard of review to the denial of the request to withdraw of the jury trial waiver where the trial court determined that it was required as a matter of law to deny the request?
(3) Whether the decisions of the lower courts served to deny Petitioner his right to trial by jury under the federal and state Constitutions?