Title: Commonwealth v. Lehman, R. - No. (Granted) (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 202 WAL 2022
State: Pennsylvania
Issuer: Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Date: December 21, 2022

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA WESTERN DISTRICT COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Petitioner v. RONNIE LEHMAN, Respondent : : : : : : : : : : : No. 202 WAL 2022 Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the Order of the Superior Court ORDER PER CURIAM AND NOW, this 21st day of December, 2022, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue, as stated by petitioner, is: Whether the Superior Court majority erred in concluding that prior counsel rendered ineffective assistance for failing to pursue on appeal a claim that the evidence was insufficient to sustain Respondent’s conviction under 18 Pa.C.S. § 5123(a.2) (Contraband), because he was not an inmate at the time he unlawfully possessed a controlled substance, where, pursuant to the relevant statute and legislation, he was an inmate?