Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent, v. Dwayne E. HAWK, Petitioner
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1997-03-14
Citations: 547 Pa. 350
Docket Number: Petition No. 453 W.D. Allocatur Docket 1996
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent, v. Dwayne E. HAWK, Petitioner.
Judges: 
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 547
Pages: 350–350

Head Matter:
690 A.2d 231
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent, v. Dwayne E. HAWK, Petitioner.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
March 14, 1997.
Phyllis A. Jin, Uniontown, for Petitioner.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM:
AND NOW, this 14th day of March, 1997, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is hereby GRANTED, BUT LIMITED to the following issue:
Whether the trial court's refusal to permit the testimony of the forensic scientist regarding the results of the rape kit test so prejudiced Petitioner as to merit a new trial.