Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent, v. Dewhight A. HICKMAN, Petitioner
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2001-09-11
Citations: 780 A.2d 604
Docket Number: 
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent, v. Dewhight A. HICKMAN, Petitioner.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 780
Pages: 604–605

Head Matter:
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent, v. Dewhight A. HICKMAN, Petitioner.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Sept. 11, 2001.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM:
AND NOW, this 11th day of September, 2001, the Petition for Alowance of Appeal is GRANTED, and the matter is VACATED and REMANDED to the Superior Court for consideration of the merits of petitioner's claim that plea counsel rendered ineffective assistance when he advised petitioner that he would be eligible to participate in the motivational boot camp program after serving two years of his four year minimum sentence. See Commonwealth ex. rel. Dadario v. Goldberg, 773 A.2d 126, 131 (Pa.2001) (ineffective assistance of counsel claims that arise from plea bargaining process are eligible for review under § 9543(a)(2)(ii) of Post Conviction Relief Act).