Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Petitioner v. Richard BROWN, Respondent
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2017-02-01
Citations: 165 A.3d 868
Docket Number: No. 407 EAL 2016
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Petitioner v. Richard BROWN, Respondent
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 165
Pages: 868–869

Head Matter:
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Petitioner v. Richard BROWN, Respondent
No. 407 EAL 2016
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
02/01/2017

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM
AND NOW, this 1st day of February, 2017, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue, as framed by Petitioner, is as follows:
Did the Superior Court err by dispensing of the requirement that a defendant show prejudice to succeed on an ineffectiveness claim where counsel failed to meet with him?