Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Petitioner v. Stevenson Leon ROSE, Respondent
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2014-07-08
Citations: 626 Pa. 123
Docket Number: No. 598 WAL 2013
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Petitioner v. Stevenson Leon ROSE, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 626
Pages: 123–124

Head Matter:
95 A.3d 274
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Petitioner v. Stevenson Leon ROSE, Respondent.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
July 8, 2014.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
AND NOW, this 8th day of July, 2014, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue, as framed by the Commonwealth, is as follows:
Whether the Superior Court erred in concluding, as a matter of first impression, that [Respondent] was entitled to a reduced punishment under the ex post facto clause for a murder that he had yet to commit when the law was changed to increase the punishment prior to the victim's death?