Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Glenn THIRKIELD
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1983-11-16
Citations: 502 Pa. 542
Docket Number: 
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Glenn THIRKIELD.
Judges: Before ROBERTS, C.J., and NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDermott, hutchinson and zappala, jj.
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 502
Pages: 542–543

Head Matter:
467 A.2d 323
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Glenn THIRKIELD.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Argued Sept. 12, 1983.
Decided Nov. 16, 1983.
Michael J. Veshecco, Dist. Atty., Shad Connelly, Asst. Dist. Atty., Erie, for appellant.
Dist. Attys.’ Ass’n, Bernard Siegel, Chief Deputy Dist. Atty., Eric B. Henson, Deputy Dist. Atty., Robert B. Lawler, Chief Appeals, Asst. Dist. Atty., Philadelphia, for amicus curiae Pa.
Robert E. Colville, Dist. Atty., Robert L. Eberhardt, Deputy Dist. Atty., Melinda G. Tell, Asst. Dist. Atty., for amicus curiae Dist. Atty. of Allegheny County, Pa.
Joseph Kownacki, Public Defender, Carmela Presogna, Asst. Public Defender, Erie, for appellee.
Leonard Sosnov, Asst. Defender, Chief, Law Reform Div., John W. Packel, Asst. Defender, Chief, Appeals Div., Benjamin Lerner, Defender, Philadelphia, for amici curiae Defender Ass’n of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania Public Defenders Ass’n.
Before ROBERTS, C.J., and NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDermott, hutchinson and zappala, jj.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
The appeal is dismissed as having been improvidently granted.
McDERMOTT, J., files a dissenting opinion.