Opinion
No. 54 WM 2016
08-01-2016
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Respondent v. DONALD C. EICHLER, Petitioner
ORDER
AND NOW, this 1st day of August, 2016, the Petition for Leave to File Petition for Allowance of Appeal Nunc Pro Tunc is GRANTED. Although counsel has failed to establish that he properly acted to protect Petitioner's allocatur rights, Petitioner is entitled to a counsel-filed Petition for Allowance of Appeal. See Pa.R.Crim.P. 122. Counsel is DIRECTED to file a Petition for Allowance of Appeal within 15 days.
Justice Mundy did not participate in the consideration or decision of this matter.