Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Robert D. PROETTO, Appellant
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2003-12-04
Citations: 575 Pa. 511
Docket Number: Appeal No. 20 MAP 2002
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Robert D. PROETTO, Appellant.
Judges: Chief Justice CAPPY and Justice CASTILLE join this Concurring Statement.
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 575
Pages: 511–514

Head Matter:
837 A.2d 1163
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Robert D. PROETTO, Appellant.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Argued Oct. 23, 2002.
Decided Dec. 4, 2003.
Tommaso V. Lonardo, for Robert D. Proetto.
Margaret Bowen Snow, Dean Hafeez Malik, Diane E. Gibbons, Doylestown, for Com.
Leonard Saul Deutchman, Philadelphia, Mary Benefield Seiverling, for Attorney General and PA District Attorneys Assoc.
Before CAPPY, C.J., and CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN, SAYLOR, EAKIN and LAMB, JJ.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
AND NOW, this 4th day of December, 2003, the Order of the Superior Court is hereby affirmed on the basis of the Superior Court opinion, Commonwealth v. Proetto, 771 A.2d 823 (Pa.Super.2001).
Former Chief Justice ZAPPALA did not participate in the decision of this case.
Justice NEWMAN files a concurring statement, joined by Chief Justice CAPPY and Justice CASTILLE, who also joins the per curiam order.