Court Opinion

ID: 3159547
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2015-12-02 20:08:18.804678+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:39:52.046365
License: Public Domain

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA
                              MIDDLE DISTRICT

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA,               : No. 454 MAL 2015
                                            :
                   Petitioner               :
                                            : Petition for Allowance of Appeal from
                                            : the Order of the Superior Court
             v.                             :
                                            :
                                            :
RAFIE L. ALI,                               :
                                            :
                   Respondent               :

                                       ORDER

PER CURIAM

      AND NOW, this 2nd day of December, 2015, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal

is GRANTED. The issue, rephrased for clarity, is:

      Does a sentencing judge have discretion to consider victim impact
      evidence where the offense is not a “crime against a person”?