Court Opinion

ID: 4271184
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2018-04-30 19:46:10.699827+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:49:23.220102
License: Public Domain

PER CURIAM
  
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  AND NOW, this 30th day of April, 2018, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue, as phrased by the Commonwealth, is:
 

  Did the Superior Court commit a significant and potentially far-reaching error of law when, in contravention of Pennsylvania law and the greater weight of authority nationally, it issued a published decision holding that PCRA courts may bar the Commonwealth from speaking with [a defendant's] trial counsel prior to evidentiary hearings on defense claims that counsel provided ineffective assistance?
 

  Justice Wecht did not participate in the consideration or decision of this matter.