Court Opinion

ID: 9387752
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-04-18 20:08:09.085042+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:18:15.280341
License: Public Domain

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA
                              EASTERN DISTRICT

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA,                 : No. 286 EAL 2022
                                              :
                    Respondent                :
                                              : Petition for Allowance of Appeal
                                              : from the Order of the Superior Court
              v.                              :
                                              :
                                              :
LEONARD CHAMBERS,                             :
                                              :
                    Petitioner                :

                                      ORDER

PER CURIAM

      AND NOW, this 18th day of April, 2023, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is

GRANTED. The issue, as stated by petitioner, is:

      When a judge orally renders a guilty verdict on an offense by name only,
      and "not guilty" as to the remaining charges, may a reviewing court ignore
      the judge's express words and rely on the written sentencing order and the
      record as a whole to determine which charged offenses the judge intended
      to include within the conviction, and does doing so violate the double
      jeopardy protections of the Pennsylvania and Federal Constitutions?