Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent, v. Stephen S. SKIBICKI, Petitioner
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1996-08-21
Citations: 679 A.2d 1265
Docket Number: 
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent, v. Stephen S. SKIBICKI, Petitioner.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 679
Pages: 1265–1266

Head Matter:
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent, v. Stephen S. SKIBICKI, Petitioner.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Aug. 21, 1996.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
AND NOW, this 21st day of August, 1996, the order of the Superior Court is REVERSED and the matter is REMANDED for a new trial. See Commonwealth v. Oleynik, 524 Pa. 41, 568 A.2d 1238 (1990)(possible prejudice to a defendant from giving written instructions to a jury outweighs any benefit that such instructions might provide); Commonwealth v. Baker, 466 Pa. 382, 353 A.2d 406 (1976)(same).
It is further ordered that the Application to proceed In Forma Pauperis is GRANTED.