Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee v. Daniel DOUGHERTY, Appellant
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2011-04-28
Citations: 18 A.3d 1095
Docket Number: 
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee v. Daniel DOUGHERTY, Appellant.
Judges: BEFORE: CASTILLE, C.J., SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, TODD, McCAFFERY, ORIE MELVIN, JJ.
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 18
Pages: 1095–1098

Head Matter:
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee v. Daniel DOUGHERTY, Appellant.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Submitted Dec. 2, 2009.
Decided April 28, 2011.
Robert Brett Dunham, Defender Association of Philadelphia, Shannon Druri-Lanessa Farmer, David Scott Fryman, Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, L.L.P. and Michael Wiseman, Philadelphia, for Daniel Dougherty.
Hugh J. Burns, Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office, Amy Zapp, PA Office of Attorney General, for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
BEFORE: CASTILLE, C.J., SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, TODD, McCAFFERY, ORIE MELVIN, JJ.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
AND NOW, this 28th day April, 2011, after review, we find that the PCRA court's 10-page opinion provides an insufficient basis for our review, and further find that the PCRA court erred by denying a request for her recusal. Accordingly, we remand this matter to the PCRA court for appointment of a new PCRA judge who shall prepare a fully developed opinion on all of the parties' claims, and may hold an evidentiary hearing or grant any other relief deemed necessary.
The Commonwealth's Application for Leave to File Post-Submission Communication, is granted.
Jurisdiction relinquished; case remanded.
Chief Justice CASTILLE, Justice EAKIN, and Mesdames TODD and ORIE MELVIN join the per curiam order.
Justice BAER files a concurring statement in which Justice McCAFFERY and Madame Justice ORIE MELVIN join.
Justice SAYLOR files a concurring and dissenting statement.
. Appellant has filed a letter indicating he does not oppose the Commonwealth's Motion.