Title: Commonwealth v. Adams, F. - No. (Granted) (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 239 EAL 2017
State: Pennsylvania
Issuer: Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Date: November 20, 2017

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA EASTERN DISTRICT COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Respondent v. FRANK ADAMS, Petitioner : : : : : : : : : : : No. 239 EAL 2017 Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the Order of the Superior Court ORDER PER CURIAM AND NOW, this 20th day of November, 2017, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue, as phrased by Petitioner, is: Was it not error for the Superior Court automatically to dismiss petitioner’s appeal without a merits review when this Court’s consistent jurisprudence allows exceptions to a forfeiture determination and petitioner’s circumstances track those exceptions?