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Commonwealth v. Knox

SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA WESTERN DISTRICT
Jan 23, 2017
165 A.3d 887 (Pa. 2017)

Opinion

No. 341 WAL 2016

01-23-2017

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent v. Jamal KNOX, Petitioner


ORDER

PER CURIAM.

AND NOW, this 23rd day of January, 2017, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED, LIMITED TO the issue set forth below. Allocatur is DENIED as to the remaining issue. The issue, as stated by Petitioner, is:

[Is t]he question of whether the artistic creation of Petitioner constitutes protected free speech or a true threat punishable by criminal sanction . . . of such substantial importance as to require prompt and definitive resolution by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, even if the High Court must decide this question sua sponte[?]


Summaries of

Commonwealth v. Knox

SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA WESTERN DISTRICT
Jan 23, 2017
165 A.3d 887 (Pa. 2017)
Case details for

Commonwealth v. Knox

Case Details

Full title:COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Respondent v. JAMAL KNOX, Petitioner

Court:SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA WESTERN DISTRICT

Date published: Jan 23, 2017

Citations

165 A.3d 887 (Pa. 2017)

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