Title: Commonwealth v. Armstead (Summary Disposition)
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 251EAL2001
State: Pennsylvania
Issuer: Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Date: September 18, 2003

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA EASTERN DISTRICT COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Respondent v. MAURICE ARMSTEAD, Petitioner : : : : : : : : : : No. 251 EAL 2001 Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the Order of the Superior Court dated April 24, 2001 at No. 529 EDA 2000 affirming the Judgment of Sentence of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, Criminal Division dated May 23, 1997 at No. 9609-0803 ORDER PER CURIAM AND NOW, this 17th day of September, 2003, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The order of the Superior Court is REVERSED and the case is REMANDED with directions to the Superior Court to remand the matter to the trial court for a determination on the weight of the evidence and related ineffectiveness claims. See Armbruster v. Horowitz, 813 A.2d 698 (Pa. 2002).