Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent, v. Phillip J. PERSICHINI, Jr., Petitioner
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1997-02-03
Citations: 546 Pa. 595
Docket Number: 
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent, v. Phillip J. PERSICHINI, Jr., Petitioner.
Judges: 
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 546
Pages: 595–595

Head Matter:
687 A.2d 819
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent, v. Phillip J. PERSICHINI, Jr., Petitioner.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Feb. 3, 1997.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM:
AND NOW, this 3rd day of February, 1997, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED, but LIMITED to the following issues:
1. Whether the trial court properly charged the jury concerning the corpus delicti rule and its proper application to 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 3301(e); and
2. Whether the Commonwealth proved the corpus delicti of 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 3301(e) beyond a reasonable doubt independent of Petitioner's admissions.
It is also ordered that this matter be submitted on briefs for final decision.