Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent, v. Harry ZMENKOWSKI a/k/a Richard Zmenkowski, Petitioner
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1997-12-15
Citations: 703 A.2d 705
Docket Number: Petition No. 179 Western District Allocatur Docket 1997
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent, v. Harry ZMENKOWSKI a/k/a Richard Zmenkowski, Petitioner.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 703
Pages: 705–705

Head Matter:
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent, v. Harry ZMENKOWSKI a/k/a Richard Zmenkowski, Petitioner.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Dec. 15, 1997.
Kevin G. Sasinoski, Pittsburgh, for petitioner.
Suzanne M. Swan, Bethel Park, for petitioner.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM:
AND NOW, this 15th day of December, 1997, the Petition For Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED on the limited issue of whether the sentencing manipulation doctrine should be adopted where the police engaged the appellant in multiple drug transactions solely for the purpose of increasing the appellant's sentence.
It is further Ordered that the Motion to Withdraw as Counsel of the Public Defender's Office of Allegheny County is GRANTED.