Title: Commonwealth v. Walters, P. - No. (Granted) (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 195 MAL 2022
State: Pennsylvania
Issuer: Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Date: October 18, 2022

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA MIDDLE DISTRICT COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Respondent v. PHILLIP DONALD WALTERS, Petitioner : : : : : : : : : : : No. 195 MAL 2022 Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the Order of the Superior Court ORDER PER CURIAM AND NOW, this 18th day of October, 2022, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED, LIMITED TO the issue set forth below. Allocatur is DENIED as to the remaining issue. The issue, as stated by petitioner, is: Whether the Superior Court misapplied controlling case law and misapprehended controlling facts in concluding that the trial court did not err as a matter of law or abuse its discretion in allowing the Commonwealth to present the testimony of Dr. Gary Ross concerning the cause of death “by history[,]” which was devoid of any objective medical findings and did not comport with a conclusion or opinion “within a reasonable degree of medical certainty” thereby not only improperly bolstering the credibility of Gabel Bell but depriving Petitioner of his right to due process and a fair trial?