Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Petitioner v. Tony L. BENNETT, Respondent
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2011-11-22
Citations: 612 Pa. 597
Docket Number: No. 372 EAL 2011
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Petitioner v. Tony L. BENNETT, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 612
Pages: 597–598

Head Matter:
32 A.3d 586
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Petitioner v. Tony L. BENNETT, Respondent.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Nov. 22, 2011.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
AND NOW, this 22nd day of November 2011, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issues, as stated by petitioner, are:
(1) Does the Superior Court's published decision overturning [respondent's] first-degree murder conviction on the basis of a supposedly defective accomplice liability instruction overlook and contradict this Court's precedent?
(2) In the alternative, did the Superior Court contravene this Court's precedent by failing to modify the judgment to the lesser-included offense of second-degree murder, which was unaffected by the supposedly erroneous jury instruction?