Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent, v. Dwayne BROWN, Petitioner
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2009-02-25
Citations: 605 Pa. 320
Docket Number: No. 309 EAL 2009
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent, v. Dwayne BROWN, Petitioner.
Judges: 
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 605
Pages: 320–321

Head Matter:
989 A.2d 881
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent, v. Dwayne BROWN, Petitioner.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Feb. 25, 2009.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
AND NOW, this 25th day of February, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED with respect to the following issues, rephrased for clarity:
(1) Whether Petitioner's conviction supported solely by out-of-court statements recanted at trial violates the guarantees of due process provided by the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution or Article I, Section 1 of the Pennsylvania Constitution?
(2) Whether codefendant Walker's statements exculpating Petitioner constituted "statements against interest" and thus were admissible under Pa.R.E. 804(b)(3)?