Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent, v. Reginald JOHNSON, Petitioner
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2001-12-20
Citations: 567 Pa. 297
Docket Number: No. 171 EAL 2001
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent, v. Reginald JOHNSON, Petitioner.
Judges: 
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 567
Pages: 297–297

Head Matter:
787 A.2d 284
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent, v. Reginald JOHNSON, Petitioner.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Dec. 20, 2001.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
AND NOW, this 20th day of December, 2001, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is hereby GRANTED, limited to the following issues:
1) Whether the trial court violated Petitioner's due process and confrontation rights under the United States and Pennsylvania Constitutions when the court gave supplemental instructions to the jury without Petitioner being present?
2) Whether the delivery of supplemental jury instructions outside Petitioner's presence violated Petitioner's right, based on the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, to be present for jury instructions?
3) Whether the trial court deprived Petitioner of his right to the assistance of counsel provided by the United States and Pennsylvania Constitutions when the court excluded Petitioner's counsel from the courtroom when it delivered supplemental jury instructions?