Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent. v. Joseph ELLIOTT, Petitioner
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1997-12-23
Citations: 704 A.2d 612
Docket Number: No. 85 Capital Appeal Docket
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent. v. Joseph ELLIOTT, Petitioner.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 704
Pages: 612–612

Head Matter:
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent. v. Joseph ELLIOTT, Petitioner.
No. 85 Capital Appeal Docket.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Dec. 23, 1997.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM:
AND NOW, this 23rd day of December, 1997, upon consideration of Petitioner's emergency motion for a stay of execution pending the filing and resolution of petition 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 petition for writ of certiorari from this court's ruling in Commonwealth v. Elliott, 549 Pa. 132, 700 A.2d 1243 (1997), or, if certiorari is granted in this matter, until the United States Supreme Court issues a ruling on the merits.