Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. David BRUDER, a/k/a David Edward Bruder, Appellant
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1999-08-18
Citations: 734 A.2d 1274
Docket Number: 
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. David BRUDER, a/k/a David Edward Bruder, Appellant.
Judges: Before FLAHERTY, C.J., and ' ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN and SAYLOR, JJ.
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 734
Pages: 1274–1274

Head Matter:
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. David BRUDER, a/k/a David Edward Bruder, Appellant.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Submitted March 17, 1999.
Decided Aug. 18, 1999.
Robert A. Crisanti, Pittsburgh, for David Bruder.
Claire C. Capristo, Deputy Dist. Atty., James R. Gilmore, Asst. Dist. Atty., for Com.
Before FLAHERTY, C.J., and ' ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN and SAYLOR, JJ.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
AND NOW, this 18th day of August, 1999, the order of the Superior Court is reversed, and the case is remanded to the PCRA court for an evidentiary hearing to determine whether there was an unjustified failure to file a direct appeal. See Commonwealth v. Lantzy, — Pa. -, 736 A.2d 564 (1999).