Court Opinion

ID: 4189722
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2017-07-26 20:13:36.268112+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:47:24.759400
License: Public Domain

ORDER
 

  PER CURIAM
 

  AND NOW, this 26th day of July, 2017, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issues, as stated by petitioner are:
 

  (1) The Pennsylvania Superior Court’s Opinion misapplies the Deadly Weapon Used enhancement, which leads to a result inconsistent with statutory construction by reading an additional specific intent element into the Deadly Weapon Used statute that does not exist in the plain language[.]
 

  (2) The Pennsylvania Superior Court rendered a decision that is inconsistent with the plain language of
  
   Commonwealth v. Buterbaugh, infra,
  
  and thereby leads to a misapplication of
  
   Buterbaugh
  
  and an irreconcilable conflict between Superior Court case law[.]
 

  (3)The Pennsylvania Superior Court’s decision is inconsistent with fundamental notions of
  
   mens
  
  rea and the applicability of
  
   mens rea
  
  when no
  
   mens rea
  
  is specifically stated, improperly creating a default
  
   mens rea
  
  of specific intent.