Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent v. Vinson WASHINGTON, Petitioner
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1997-07-28
Citations: 698 A.2d 589
Docket Number: Nos. 90, 91 Capital Appeal Docket
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent v. Vinson WASHINGTON, Petitioner.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 698
Pages: 589–589

Head Matter:
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent v. Vinson WASHINGTON, Petitioner.
Nos. 90, 91 Capital Appeal Docket.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
July 28, 1997.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
AND NOW, this 28th day of July, 1997, upon consideration of Petitioner's emergency motion for a stay of execution pending the filing and resolution of petitions 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 petitions for writ of certiorari from this court's rulings in Commonwealth v. Washington, 547 Pa. 550, 692 A.2d 1018 (1997) and Commonwealth v. Washington, 547 Pa. 563, 692 A.2d 1024 (1997), or, if certiorari is granted in either or both of these matters, until the United States Supreme Court issues a ruling on the merits.