Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Arthur M. COOPER and Harold J. Davis
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1976-08-03
Citations: 468 Pa. 390
Docket Number: 
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Arthur M. COOPER and Harold J. Davis.
Judges: 
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 468
Pages: 390–391

Head Matter:
363 A.2d 783
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Arthur M. COOPER and Harold J. Davis.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Aug. 3, 1976.
Philip D. Lauer, Daniel E. Cohen, Easton, for appellees.
Charles H. Spaziani, Dist. Atty., John E. Gallagher, Asst. Dist. Atty., Easton, for appellant.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM:
Commonwealth petition for allowance of appeal granted. Order of the Superior Court, 240 Pa.Super. 477, 362 A.2d 1041 vacated and case remanded to the Court of Common Pleas of Northampton County for an evidentiary hearing to determine whether the failure to order production of the reports prepared by police officer-witnesses was harmless error. If the claimed error is determined to have been harmless, the judgments of sentence are reinstated. If the error is determined not to have been harmless, the order of the Superior Court is reinstated. Either the Commonwealth or the respondents may appeal the decision of the Court of Common Pleas of Northampton County to the Superior Court.