Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Girlie SINGH, Petitioner
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1989-01-18
Citations: 520 Pa. 96
Docket Number: Appeal No. 508 E.D. Allocatur Docket 1988
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Girlie SINGH, Petitioner.
Judges: 
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 520
Pages: 96–96

Head Matter:
552 A.2d 1036
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Girlie SINGH, Petitioner.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Jan. 18, 1989.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
Petition for Allowance of Appeal is granted, limited to the issue whether trial counsel was ineffective for failing to request a jury instruction that prior acts of violence by the victim could be considered in support of the self-defense claim that deadly force was reasonable.