Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Petitioner v. Tony L. BENNETT, Respondent
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2011-11-22
Citations: 32 A.3d 586
Docket Number: 
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Petitioner v. Tony L. BENNETT, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 32
Pages: 586–587

Head Matter:
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Petitioner v. Tony L. BENNETT, Respondent.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Nov. 22, 2011.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
AND NOW, this 22nd day of November 2011, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issues, as stated by petitioner, are:
(1) Does the Superior Court's published decision overturning [respondent's] first-degree murder conviction on the basis of a supposedly defective accomplice liability instruction overlook and contradict this Court's precedent?
(2) In the alternative, did the Superi- or Court contravene this Court's precedent by failing to modify the judgment to the lesser-included offense of second-degree murder, which was unaffected by the supposedly erroneous jury instruction?