Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent, v. Woodrow Lynn WATKINS, Petitioner
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2002-08-22
Citations: 569 Pa. 404
Docket Number: Appeal No. 160 WAL 2002
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent, v. Woodrow Lynn WATKINS, Petitioner.
Judges: 
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 569
Pages: 404–404

Head Matter:
803 A.2d 1288
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent, v. Woodrow Lynn WATKINS, Petitioner.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Aug. 22, 2002.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
AND NOW, this 22nd day of August 2002, the petition for allowance of appeal is GRANTED, limited to the issue of whether the Commonwealth violated federal or state due process obligations by failing to disclose to the defense and the fact-finder the full criminal history and record information of its key witness and alleged victim, thereby concealing the true extent of her potential prosecutorial bias or motive. The petition is DENIED in all other respects. The order of the Superior Court is REVERSED and REMANDED to the Common Pleas Court for an evidentiary hearing on the aforementioned issue. See Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83, 83 S.Ct. 1194, 10 L.Ed.2d 215 (1963); Commonwealth v. Evans, 511 Pa. 214, 512 A.2d 626 (1986).
Jurisdiction relinquished.