Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent, v. Ernest SIMMONS, Petitioner
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1995-11-22
Citations: 669 A.2d 309
Docket Number: 
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent, v. Ernest SIMMONS, Petitioner.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 669
Pages: 309–309

Head Matter:
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent, v. Ernest SIMMONS, Petitioner.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Nov. 22, 1995.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
AND NOW, this 22th day of November, 1995, petitioner's Praecipe to Withdraw Original Petition and to Substitute Amended Emergency Motion is GRANTED. Upon consideration of petitioner's emergency motion for a stay of execution pending the filing and resolution of a petition for a writ of certiorari, and the Commonwealth's representation that it takes no position on this application, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that petitioner's application is GRANTED and his execution will be stayed pending action by the United States Supreme Court on his petition for writ of certiorari from this Court's ruling in Commonwealth v. Simmons, 541 Pa. 211, 662 A.2d 621 (1995).