Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent, v. Lawrence SMITH, Petitioner
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2002-12-18
Citations: 572 Pa. 282
Docket Number: Petition No. 721 MAL 2002
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent, v. Lawrence SMITH, Petitioner.
Judges: 
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 572
Pages: 282–282

Head Matter:
815 A.2d 562
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent, v. Lawrence SMITH, Petitioner.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Dec. 18, 2002.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM
AND NOW, this 18th day of December, 2002, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal will be granted as to the following:
Whether the Superior Court erred when it affirmed the lower court's denial of the defendant's right to a new trial where the Commonwealth presented hearsay evidence at trial of a co-defendant's guilty plea where that co-defendant had not gone to trial with the defendant and where the defendant objected, in timely fashion, to the introduction of the guilty plea evidence.