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Com. v. Batista

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Middle District
Nov 19, 2003
840 A.2d 988 (Pa. 2003)

Opinion

November 19, 2003.

No. 356 MAL 2003, Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the Order of the Superior Court entered on April 8, 2003 at No. 511 MDA 2002 affirming the Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Berks County entered on March 13, 2002 at No. 4059 of 1998.


ORDER


AND NOW, this 19th day of November, 2003, the petition for allowance of appeal is granted limited to the issue of whether trial counsel was ineffective in allowing the jury to be selected in Petitioner's absence. The case is remanded to the PCRA court with direction to conduct an evidentiary hearing on the issue of whether trial counsel was ineffective in allowing the jury to be selected in Petitioner's absence.

Jurisdiction is relinquished.


Summaries of

Com. v. Batista

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Middle District
Nov 19, 2003
840 A.2d 988 (Pa. 2003)
Case details for

Com. v. Batista

Case Details

Full title:COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Respondent v. RAHADAMES BATISTA, Petitioner

Court:Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Middle District

Date published: Nov 19, 2003

Citations

840 A.2d 988 (Pa. 2003)
840 A.2d 988