Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent, v. Rahadames BATISTA, Petitioner
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2003-11-19
Citations: 840 A.2d 988
Docket Number: 
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent, v. Rahadames BATISTA, Petitioner.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 840
Pages: 988–988

Head Matter:
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent, v. Rahadames BATISTA, Petitioner.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Nov. 19, 2003.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
AND NOW, this 19th day of November, 2003, the petition for allowance of appeal is granted limited to the issue of whether trial counsel was ineffective in allowing the jury to be selected in Petitioner's absence. The case is remanded to the PCRA court with direction to conduct an evidentiary hearing on the issue of whether trial counsel was ineffective in allowing the jury to be selected in Petitioner's absence.
Jurisdiction is relinquished.