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Gwin v. Merkin

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Mar 1, 2004
843 A.2d 380 (Pa. 2004)

Opinion

Decided: March 1, 2004.

No. 107 MAL 2003, Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the memo opinion and order of the Superior Court (McEwen, Todd, and Montemuro, JJ.) dated January 21, 2003 affm the order of the CCP of Montgomery Cty (Barrett, J.)


ORDER


AND NOW, this 1st day of March, 2004, the above-captioned Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED, LIMITED to the due process and equal protection claims. Furthermore, that portion of the Superior Court's order finding that these constitutional issues were waived is VACATED. Contrary to the finding of the Superior Court, the original record in this matter indicates that Petitioner did provide notice to the Attorney General that he was raising these constitutional claims. See, e.g., Certification of Notice to Attorney General, dated November 2, 2000; Proof of Service, dated March 4, 2002. The matter is REMANDED to the Superior Court for consideration of the constitutional claims. In all other respects, this Petition for Allowance of Appeal is DENIED.


Summaries of

Gwin v. Merkin

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Mar 1, 2004
843 A.2d 380 (Pa. 2004)
Case details for

Gwin v. Merkin

Case Details

Full title:WILLIAM T. GWIN, JR., Petitioner v. GERALD J. MERKIN, Respondent

Court:Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Date published: Mar 1, 2004

Citations

843 A.2d 380 (Pa. 2004)
843 A.2d 380

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