Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Eric MAXWELL, Appellant
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1989-12-21
Citations: 524 Pa. 53
Docket Number: Appeal No. 8 Middle District Appeal Docket 1987
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Eric MAXWELL, Appellant.
Judges: Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, ZAPPALA, PAPADAKOS and STOUT, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 524
Pages: 53–55

Head Matter:
569 A.2d 328
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Eric MAXWELL, Appellant.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Argued May 11, 1988.
Decided Dec. 21, 1989.
Reargument Denied Feb. 7, 1990.
Dissenting Opinion of Chief Justice Nix Feb. 7, 1990.
Spero T. Lappas, Harrisburg, for appellant.
Richard A. Lewis, Dist. Atty., Yvonne A. Okonieski, Deputy Dist. Atty., Matthew R. Gover, Harrisburg, for appellee.
Leonard Sosnov, John W. Packel, Asst. Public Defenders, Benjamin Lerner, Public Defender, for amicus curiae Def. Assn, of Phila.
Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, ZAPPALA, PAPADAKOS and STOUT, JJ.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
It being brought to the attention of this Court that, on August 20, 1989, the Appellant escaped from the State Correctional Institution at Huntingdon, the appeal is dismissed. See, Commonwealth v. Passaro, 504 Pa. 611, 476 A.2d 346 (1984).
STOUT, Former Justice, did not participate in the decision of this case.
ZAPPALA, J., dissents.
AMENDED ORDER
PER CURIAM
AND NOW, this 7th day of February, 1990, the Application for Reconsideration or Reargument filed by Appellant is DENIED.
NIX, C.J., files a dissenting statement.
ZAPPALA, J., dissents.