Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Petitioner v. Jonathan Nelson SMITH, Respondent
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2017-07-26
Citations: 169 A.3d 1067
Docket Number: No. 138 MAL 2017
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Petitioner v. Jonathan Nelson SMITH, Respondent
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 169
Pages: 1067–1067

Head Matter:
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Petitioner v. Jonathan Nelson SMITH, Respondent
No. 138 MAL 2017
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
July 26, 2017

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM
AND NOW, this 26th day of July, 2017, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issues, as stated by petitioner are:
(1) The Pennsylvania Superior Court's Opinion misapplies the Deadly Weapon Used enhancement, which leads to a result inconsistent with statutory construction by reading an additional specific intent element into the Deadly Weapon Used statute that does not exist in the plain language[.]
(2) The Pennsylvania Superior Court rendered a decision that is inconsistent with the plain language of Commonwealth v. Buterbaugh, infra, and thereby leads to a misapplication of Buterbaugh and an irreconcilable conflict between Superior Court case law[.]
(3)The Pennsylvania Superior Court's decision is inconsistent with fundamental notions of mens rea and the applicability of mens rea when no mens rea is specifically stated, improperly creating a default mens rea of specific intent.