Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent, v. Joseph ELLIOTT, Petitioner
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1997-12-23
Citations: 550 Pa. 191
Docket Number: No. 85 Capital Appeal Docket
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent, v. Joseph ELLIOTT, Petitioner.
Judges: 
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 550
Pages: 191–192

Head Matter:
704 A.2d 612
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent, v. Joseph ELLIOTT, Petitioner.
No. 85 Capital Appeal Docket.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Dec. 23, 1997.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM:
AND NOW, this 23rd day of December, 1997, upon consideration of Petitioner's emergency motion for a stay of execu tion pending the filing and resolution of petition for writ of certiorari, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Petitioner's application is GRANTED and his execution will be stayed until either the United States Supreme Court denies his petition for writ of certiorari from this court's ruling in Commonwealth v. Elliott, 549 Pa. 132, 700 A.2d 1243 (1997), or, if certiorari is granted in this matter, until the United States Supreme Court issues a ruling on the merits.