Court Opinion

ID: 6268764
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-02-18 01:23:31.78462+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:59:52.935778
License: Public Domain

ORDER

PER CURIAM.
AND NOW, this 5th day of December, 2011, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue, as stated by Petitioner, is:
Whether the test employed in United States v. Peterson, 233 F.3d 101 (1st Cir.2000), adopted by the Superior Court in this case, to be utilized when a criminal defendant seeks to testify after the close of evidence, is an unconstitutional burden on a citizen’s fundamental right to testify in his own defense?
Justice ORIE MELVIN did not participate in the consideration or decision of this matter.