Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Petitioner v. William CHILDS, Respondent
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2015-05-13
Citations: 631 Pa. 599
Docket Number: 
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Petitioner v. William CHILDS, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 631
Pages: 599–600

Head Matter:
114 A.3d 831
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Petitioner v. William CHILDS, Respondent.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
May 13, 2015.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
AND NOW, this 13th day of May, 2015, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue is:
Did Superior Court err by overturning a murder conviction on the ground that — contrary to the plain terms of the Statutory Construction Act — the trial judge should not have applied the law in effect at the time of the homicide?