ORDER PER CURIAM . AND NOW, this 3rd day of December, 2019, the "Petition for Judicial Review" and the "Application for Leave to Rebut Respondent's Answer" are DENIED.
ORDER PER CURIAM . AND NOW, this 27th day of November, 2019, the Application for Leave to File Original Process, the Application for Leave to File Amicus Curiae Brief, and the Application for Leave to File Supplemental Submission are GRANTED. The Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus or Extraordinary Relief is DENIED. The filings in this matter will be forwarded to the Criminal Procedural Rules Committee and the Minor Court Rules Committee for consideration and formulation of any specific...
ORDER PER CURIAM . AND NOW, this 26th day of November, 2019, the appeal is DISMISSED. Presently, because Pelzer is not currently sentenced to death, this Court lacks jurisdiction over the appeal. See 42 Pa.C.S. 9546(d) (providing this Court with exclusive appellate jurisdiction over "a final order" in a "case in which the death penalty has been imposed"). The case is REMANDED to the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas for sentencing pursuant to our previous mandate in...
ORDER PER CURIAM . AND NOW, this 6th day of November, 2019, the order of the Court of Common Pleas is AFFIRMED by operation of law, as the votes among the participating Justices are equally divided. Appellant's applications to correct omission from the record and to present oral argument are DENIED. With respect to appellant's application to waive conflict, a jurist's decision to recuse is a matter of individual discretion or conscience. See Commonwealth v. O'Shea, 523 Pa. 384 ,...
ORDER PER CURIAM . AND NOW, this 6 th day of November, 2019, the Petitions for Allowance of Appeal at 300 EAL 2019 and 301 EAL 2019 are GRANTED, LIMITED to combined issues set forth below. Allocatur is DENIED as to all remaining issues. 1. Whether a request for contempt/sanctions against counsel (among others) contained within a motion for post-trial relief constitutes "civil proceedings" actionable under the Dragonetti Act 2. Did the Superior Court attempt to create new...
ORDER PER CURIAM . AND NOW, this 4 th day of November, 2019, the order of the Commonwealth Court is AFFIRMED, and the Emergency Application to Reinstate the Automatic Supersedeas and the Emergency Application to Lift Supersedeas are DENIED as moot. Neither this Order, nor the Order of the Commonwealth Court, deprives any voter of the right to cast a ballot on the proposed "Victim's Rights" amendment at issue in this litigation at the upcoming November 5, 2019 General Election....
ORDER PER CURIAM . AND NOW, this 4 th day of November, 2019, the order of the Commonwealth Court is AFFIRMED, and the Emergency Application to Reinstate the Automatic Supersedeas and the Emergency Application to Lift Supersedeas are DENIED as moot. Neither this Order, nor the Order of the Commonwealth Court, deprives any voter of the right to cast a ballot on the proposed "Victim's Rights" amendment at issue in this litigation at the upcoming November 5, 2019 General Election....
ORDER PER CURIAM . AND NOW, this 29th day of October, 2019, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue, rephrased for clarity, is as follows; Whether, in light of Commonwealth v. Veon [ 219 Md. 507 ], 150 A.2d 435 (Pa. 2016), a sentence to pay restitution to a nonprofit corporation may be ordered when the underlying offense occurred prior to October 24, 2018, the effective date of the amendment to 18 Pa.C.S. 1106.
ORDER PER CURIAM . AND NOW, this 29th day of October, 2019, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is DENIED.
ORDER PER CURIAM . AND NOW, this 22nd day of October, 2019, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is DENIED.
ORDER PER CURIAM . AND NOW, this 21st day of October, 2019, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal and "Motion for Leave to File a Short Reply and Exhibit to Answer" are DENIED.
ORDER PER CURIAM . AND NOW, this 26th day of September, 2019, upon consideration of the "Applications for Extraordinary Relief Under King's Bench Jurisdiction" and the associated briefing and oral presentations, the Court declines to exercise its extraordinary King's Bench jurisdiction, and the applications are DENIED on this basis. Discrete review of properly presented claims will proceed in the individual cases, subject to the jurisdictional limits of the post-conviction courts.
ORDER PER CURIAM . AND NOW, this 24th day of September, 2019, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED, LIMITED TO the issues set forth below. Allocatur is DENIED as to the remaining issue. The first issue, as stated by petitioner, and the second issue as rephrased for clarity, are: (1) Where RTKL Section 65 P.S. 67.1304 and 67.1305 premise the award of sanctions and attorney fees on a finding of bad faith and willful and wanton behavior, can a court impose those penalties...
ORDER PER CURIAM . AND NOW, this 17th day of September, 2019, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is DENIED.
ORDER PER CURIAM . AND NOW, this 16th day of September 16, 2019, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is DENIED. Justice Wecht did not participate in the consideration or decision of this matter.
ORDER PER CURIAM . AND NOW, this 16th day of September, 2019, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is DENIED. Justice Wecht did not participate in the consideration or decision of this matter.
ORDER PER CURIAM . AND NOW, this 16th day of September, 2019, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is DENIED. Justice Wecht did not participate in the consideration or decision of this matter.
ORDER PER CURIAM . AND NOW, this 16th day of September, 2019, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is DENIED. Justice Wecht did not participate in the consideration or decision of this matter.
ORDER PER CURIAM AND NOW , this 10th day of September, 2019, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is DENIED.
ORDER PER CURIAM . AND NOW, this 9 th day of September, 2019, this appeal is transferred to the Superior Court. See Commonwealth v. Kindler, 637 Pa. 328, 147 A.3d 890 (2016) (holding that this Court lacks jurisdiction to entertain direct appeals from interlocutory orders entered in criminal cases on remand for resentencing of a defendant after a federal court vacates the defendant's sentence of death).
