Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee v. David Edward RICKER, Appellant
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2017-09-28
Citations: 170 A.3d 494
Docket Number: 41 MAP 2016
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee v. David Edward RICKER, Appellant
Judges: Chief Justice Saylor files a concurring statement.
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 170
Pages: 494–520

Head Matter:
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee v. David Edward RICKER, Appellant
41 MAP 2016
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
ARGUED: December 6, 2016
DECIDED: September 28, 2017
William Costopoulos, Esq., Costopoulos, Foster & Fields, for Appellant.
Francis T. Chardo III, Esq., Dauphin County District Attorney’s Office, Edward Michael Marsico Jr., Esq., for Appellee.
' Timothy Jon Barker, Esq., Stephanie Elizabeth Lombardo, Esq., York County District Attorney’s Office, Rachel Haynes Pinsker, Esq., Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Peter Rosal-sky, Esq., Defender Association of Philadelphia, Barbara A. Zemlock, Esq., Perry Shore Weisenberger & Zemlock, Leonard Sosnov, Esq., for Amicus Curiae parties.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM
AND NOW, this 28th day of September, 2017, this appeal is dismissed as having been improvidently granted.
Chief Justice Saylor files a concurring statement.
Justice Wecht files a dissenting statement.
Justice Donohue did not participate in the consideration or decision of this case.