Title: Commonwealth, Pet v. Amaro (Summary Disposition)
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 168 MAL 2008
State: Pennsylvania
Issuer: Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Date: November 25, 2008

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA MIDDLE DISTRICT COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Petitioner v. VALENTINO AMARO, Respondent : : : : : : : : : : : No. 168 MAL 2008 Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the Order of the Superior Court ORDER PER CURIAM DECIDED: November 25, 2008 AND NOW, this 25th day of November 2008, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED and the Superior Court’s decision is VACATED and the PCRA Court’s Order dismissing Petitioner’s PCRA petition is REINSTATED based on Commonwealth v. Jones, 929 A.2d 205 (Pa. 2007) and Commonwealth v. Chmiel, 889 A.2d 501, 541 (Pa. 2005). Mr. Justice McCaffery did not participate in the consideration or decision of this matter.