Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent v. Jamal KNOX, Petitioner
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2017-01-23
Citations: 165 A.3d 887
Docket Number: No. 341 WAL 2016
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent v. Jamal KNOX, Petitioner
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 165
Pages: 887–887

Head Matter:
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent v. Jamal KNOX, Petitioner
No. 341 WAL 2016
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
January 23, 2017

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM
AND NOW, this 23rd day of January, 2017, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED, LIMITED TO the issue set forth below. Allocatur is DENIED as to the remaining issue. The issue, as stated by Petitioner, is:
[Is t]he question of whether the artistic creation of Petitioner constitutes protected free speech or a true threat punishable by criminal sanction . of such substantial importance as to require prompt and definitive resolution by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, even if the High Court must decide this question sua sponteP.]