Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Petitioner v. Joseph Walter DERHAMMER, Respondent
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2015-05-26
Citations: 116 A.3d 601
Docket Number: 
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Petitioner v. Joseph Walter DERHAMMER, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 116
Pages: 601–601

Head Matter:
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Petitioner v. Joseph Walter DERHAMMER, Respondent.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
May 26, 2015.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
AND NOW, this 26th day of May, 2015, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue, as framed by Petitioner, is as follows:
Did the Superior Court err in affirming the trial judge's decision precluding the Commonwealth from referencing [Respondent's] pre-arrest failure to inquire as to the welfare of the victims, specifically the [Respondent's] spontaneous, self-initiated contact with police, that was not in response to any police questioning, after he arrived at the arson scene of his own volition?