Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent v. Jason A. DOUGHTY, Petitioner
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2014-10-09
Citations: 101 A.3d 1150
Docket Number: 
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent v. Jason A. DOUGHTY, Petitioner.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 101
Pages: 1150–1150

Head Matter:
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent v. Jason A. DOUGHTY, Petitioner.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Oct. 9, 2014.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
AND NOW, this 9th day of October, 2014, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue is:
Whether the [h]olding of this Honorable Supreme Court in Commonwealth v. Brachbill, [520 Pa. 533] 555 A.2d 82, 92 (1989), should be partially overturned[ ] or clarified so that it isn't in conflict with the plain language reading of 18 Pa. C.S.[] § 4952 and in conflict with the well[-]recognized rule of statutory construction that penal statutes must be strictly construed.