Opinion
No. 106 MM 2014.
09-08-2014
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent v. Braheem Kameil BIVENS, Petitioner.
ORDER
AND NOW, this 8th day of September, 2014, the Petition for Leave to File Petition for Allowance of Appeal Nunc Pro Tunc is GRANTED. Although counsel was negligent, Petitioner is entitled to a counsel-filed Petition for Allowance of Appeal. See Pa.R.Crim.P. 904. Counsel is directed to file a Petition for Allowance of Appeal within 15 days of this order.Justice STEVENS notes his dissent and would direct negligent counsel to file a Petition for Allowance of Appeal within 48 hours of this order.