Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Petitioner v. James Arthur BALL, III, Respondent
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2015-03-24
Citations: 111 A.3d 745
Docket Number: 
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Petitioner v. James Arthur BALL, III, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 111
Pages: 745–745

Head Matter:
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Petitioner v. James Arthur BALL, III, Respondent.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
March 24, 2015.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
AND NOW, this 24th day of March, 2015, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issues, as stated by petitioner, are:
(1) Given the extensive impact the Superior Court's published opinion could have on the lower courts and prosecution offices in situations where a defendant initiates a statutory summary appeal from a Magisterial District Judge's sua sponte finding of guilt on an uncharged, lesser-included offense, should this Honorable Court grant review because the purpose for double jeopardy protections are not implicated, or implicated minimally, when the defendant appeals his conviction for a trial de novol
(2) Should this Honorable Court exercise its supervisory authority over the Superior Court's erroneous discharge of defendant and remand his case for sentencing on the lesser-included offense he appeals and necessarily was found guilty of committing?