Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent v. Michael NORTON, Petitioner
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2017-09-19
Citations: 170 A.3d 1059
Docket Number: No. 262 MAL 2017
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent v. Michael NORTON, Petitioner
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 170
Pages: 1059–1059

Head Matter:
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent v. Michael NORTON, Petitioner
No. 262 MAL 2017
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
September 19, 2017

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM
AND NOW, this 19th day of September, 2017, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue presented by Petitioner and rephrased for clarity is:
Whether a defendant's assertion of innocence based on the sufficiency of the evidence and his inability to reconcile entering a plea when he maintained his innocence well before the time of his sentencing and when the Commonwealth made no argument of prejudice, is sufficient to establish a fair and just reason for withdrawing his plea of nolo conten-dere?