Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent, v. Edward GORDON, Petitioner
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2006-11-08
Citations: 911 A.2d 505
Docket Number: 
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent, v. Edward GORDON, Petitioner.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 911
Pages: 505–506

Head Matter:
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent, v. Edward GORDON, Petitioner.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Nov. 8, 2006.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
AND NOW, this 8TH day of November, 2006, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is hereby GRANTED, limited to the following:
Does it violate the United States and/or Pennsylvania Constitutions when a judge, not a jury, finds by a preponderance of the evidence, not beyond a reasonable doubt, that the defendant has been convicted of two or more "crimes of violence arising from separate criminal transactions" pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S. § 9714?